JsonNode.java

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Gist Labs, LLC. (http://gistlabs.com)
 *
 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 */
package com.gistlabs.mechanize.document.json.node;

import java.util.List;

import com.gistlabs.mechanize.document.node.Node;

/**
 * JSON Element abstraction, like the DOM for XML
 * 
 */
public interface JsonNode extends Node {

	public void setAttribute(String key, String value);
	public void setValue(String value);

	/**
	 * Find exactly one child with name, otherwise throw exception
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 * @return Either null, the one child node with name, or exception because of multiple
	 */
	public <T extends JsonNode> T getChild(String name);

	@Override
	public JsonNode getParent();

	@Override
	public List<? extends JsonNode> getChildren();

	@Override
	public List<? extends JsonNode> getChildren(String... names);
}