SmilMediaObject.java

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package org.opencastproject.smil.entity.media.api;

import org.opencastproject.smil.entity.api.SmilObject;

/**
 * Represent Smil media elements and containers. Media elements like
 * {@code audio}, {@code video}, ... and media containers like {@code par},
 * {@code seq} should implement this interface.
 */
public interface SmilMediaObject extends SmilObject {

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if this element is an container for other media
   * elements.
   *
   * @return true if container for other media elements
   */
  boolean isContainer();

}