NonTerminalNode.java

package org.maltparser.core.syntaxgraph.node;

import java.util.SortedSet;
import org.maltparser.core.exception.MaltChainedException;
import org.maltparser.core.syntaxgraph.headrules.HeadRules;

public interface NonTerminalNode extends PhraseStructureNode {

    public TokenNode identifyHead(HeadRules headRules) throws MaltChainedException;

    public TokenNode getLexicalHead(HeadRules headRules) throws MaltChainedException;

    public TokenNode getLexicalHead() throws MaltChainedException;

    public PhraseStructureNode getHeadChild(HeadRules headRules) throws MaltChainedException;

    public PhraseStructureNode getHeadChild() throws MaltChainedException;

    public SortedSet<PhraseStructureNode> getChildren();

    public PhraseStructureNode getChild(int index);

    public PhraseStructureNode getLeftChild();

    public PhraseStructureNode getRightChild();

    public int nChildren();

    public boolean hasNonTerminalChildren();

    public boolean hasTerminalChildren();

    public int getHeight();

    public boolean isContinuous();

    public boolean isContinuousExcludeTerminalsAttachToRoot();
    //public void reArrangeChildrenAccordingToLeftAndRightProperDesendant() throws MaltChainedException;
}