/*
 * Copyright 2004,2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package org.apache.axiom.om;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;


/**
 * Interface OMText.
 *
 * OMText can contain data as a String, char[] or a DataHandler.
 */
public interface OMText extends OMNode {
    /**
     * Returns the text value of this node.
     *
     * @return Returns String.
     */
    String getText();

    char[] getTextCharacters();
    boolean isCharacters();

    QName getTextAsQName();

    /**
     * Gets the datahandler.
     * @return Returns datahandler.
     */
    Object getDataHandler();

    /**
     * @return Returns boolean flag saying whether the node contains
     *         an optimized text or not.
     */
    boolean isOptimized();

    /**
     * Sets the optimize flag.
     * @param value
     */
    void setOptimize(boolean value);

    /**
     * Gets the content id.
     * @return Returns String.
     */
    String getContentID();

}