package ca.uhn.fhir.model.api;
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import java.util.List;
public interface ICompositeElement extends IElement {
/**
* Returns a list containing all child elements matching a given type
*
* @param theType The type to match. If set to null, all child elements will be returned
*
* @deprecated This method is not used by HAPI at this point, so there isn't much
* point to keeping it around. We are not deleting it just so that we don't break
* existing implementer code, but you do not need to supply an implementation
* of this code in your own structures. Deprecated in HAPI FHIR 2.3 (Jan 2017).
* See See <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg/hapi-fhir/AeV2hTDt--E/6EOgRA8YBwAJ"> for
* a discussion about this.
*/
@Deprecated
<T extends IElement>
List<T> getAllPopulatedChildElementsOfType(Class<T> theType);
}