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using System;
using System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels;
using Org.Apache.REEF.Tang.Types;

namespace Org.Apache.REEF.Tang.Interface
{
    public interface IClassHierarchy
    {
        INode GetNode(string fullName);

        /// <summary>
        /// This method gets INode from the class hierarchy by fullName. 
        /// If the name is not found, it will found alias for aliasLanguage. If alias is found,
        /// it will use the alias to find Node again. 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="fullName"></param>
        /// <param name="aliasLanguage"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        INode GetNode(string fullName, string aliasLanguage);

        INode GetNamespace();
        bool IsImplementation(IClassNode inter, IClassNode impl);
        IClassHierarchy Merge(IClassHierarchy ch);
    }
}