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package org.apache.jetspeed.page.document;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * <p>
 * NodeSet
 * </p>
 * <p>
 *
 * </p>
 * @author <a href="mailto:weaver@apache.org">Scott T. Weaver</a>
 * @version $Id: NodeSet.java,v 1.6 2005/01/25 00:54:41 rwatler Exp $
 *
 */
public interface NodeSet
{

    void add(Node node);

    /**
     * <p>
     * get
     * </p>     
     * Returns a Node based on <code>name</code>. <code>name</code>
     * can either be the fully quallified path, <code>folder1/folder2/myPage.psml</code>
     * as returned by Node.getPath(), or the page name relative the <code>Node.getParent().getPath()</code>
     * as return by Node.getName()that this DocumentSet was generated for.
     * 
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    Node get(String name);

    Iterator iterator();
    
    NodeSet subset(String type);

    NodeSet inclusiveSubset(String regex);
    
    NodeSet exclusiveSubset(String regex);

    int size();

    boolean contains(Node node);

    boolean isEmpty();
}
