/*
* This file is part of the X10 project (http://x10-lang.org).
*
* This file is licensed to You under the Eclipse Public License (EPL);
* You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
* This file was originally derived from the Polyglot extensible compiler framework.
*
* (C) Copyright 2000-2007 Polyglot project group, Cornell University
* (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2007-2012.
*/
package polyglot.ast;
import java.util.List;
/**
* A <code>NodeList</code> represents a list of AST nodes.
* <code>NodeList</code>s are not intended to appear as part of the AST. When
* a node is visited, it may replace itself with multiple nodes by returning a
* <code>NodeList</code> to the visitor. The rewritten node's parent would
* then be responsible for properly splicing those nodes into the AST.
* FIXME: make generic
*/
public interface NodeList extends Node {
/**
* Get the <code>NodeFactory</code> to use when converting the list to a
* proper AST node.
*/
NodeFactory nodeFactory();
/** Get the nodes contained in the list. */
List<Node> nodes();
/** Set the nodes contained in the list. */
NodeList nodes(List<Node> nodes);
/** Convert the list into a <code>Block</code>. */
Block toBlock();
}