aspects/core-aspects/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/core/CoreChildNode.java

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package org.apache.axiom.core;

public interface CoreChildNode extends CoreNode {
    /**
     * Get the parent element of this node.
     * 
     * @return the parent element of this node or <code>null</code> if the node has no parent or if
     *         the parent is not an element
     */
    CoreElement coreGetParentElement();

    CoreChildNode coreGetNextSibling();

    /**
     * Get the next sibling if it is available. The sibling is available if it is complete or if the
     * builder has started building the node. In contrast to {@link #coreGetNextSibling()}, this
     * method will never modify the state of the underlying parser.
     * 
     * @return the next sibling or <code>null</code> if the node has no next sibling or the builder
     *         has not yet started to build the next sibling
     */
    CoreChildNode coreGetNextSiblingIfAvailable();

    void coreDetach(Semantics semantics);

    /**
     * Clone this node according to the provided policy.
     * 
     * @param policy
     *            the policy to use when cloning this node (and its children)
     * @param targetParent
     *            the node to which the clone should be added; may be <code>null</code>
     * @return the clone of this node
     */
    <T> CoreNode coreClone(ClonePolicy<T> policy, T options, CoreParentNode targetParent);
}