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package kodkod.ast;
import kodkod.ast.visitor.ReturnVisitor;
import kodkod.ast.visitor.VoidVisitor;
/**
* A node in the abstract syntax tree (DAG). A node
* can accept a ReturnVisitor and have a sequence of
* zero or more children.
*
* @specfield children: int ->lone Node
* @specfield components: set Node
* @invariant children.Node = { i: int | 0 <= i < #children }
* @invariant components= children[int]
* @author Emina Torlak
*/
public abstract class Node {
/**
* Accepts the given visitor and returns the result
* of the visit (i.e. the result of the call visitor.visit(this))
* @return the result of being visited by the given visitor
* @throws NullPointerException visitor = null
*/
public abstract <E, F, D, I> Object accept(ReturnVisitor<E, F, D, I> visitor);
/**
* Accepts the given void visitor by calling visitor.visit(this).
* @throws NullPointerException visitor = null
*/
public abstract void accept(VoidVisitor visitor);
/**
* Returns a string representation of this node.
* For a pretty-printed string, use {@linkplain kodkod.util.nodes.PrettyPrinter}.
* @return a string representation of this node
* @see kodkod.util.nodes.PrettyPrinter
*/
public abstract String toString();
}