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package ucar.nc2.ft2;

import ucar.ma2.StructureData;
import ucar.ma2.ArrayStructure;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A Sequence has a primary key, so instead of Sequence(n), you have map(key,Structure), or
 * Sequence[key].
 *
 * @author caron
 * @since Nov 5, 2010
 */
public interface Sequence {
  boolean isLeaf(); // takes a StructureData

  void write(String key, StructureData data);
  StructureData read(String key);

  void write(String key, ArrayStructure data);
  Sequence.Iterator getIterator();

  Sequence select(String[] fields, String upperBound, String lowerBound);
  Sequence sort();

  public interface Iterator {
    public boolean hasNext();
    public Sequence next();
  }
}