001///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
002// checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
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018///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
019
020package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api;
021
022/**
023 * DetailNode is used to construct tree during parsing Javadoc comments.
024 * Contains array of children, parent node and other useful fields.
025 *
026 * @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocNodeImpl
027 * @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.AbstractJavadocCheck
028 */
029public interface DetailNode {
030
031    /**
032     * Node type.
033     *
034     * @return node type.
035     * @see JavadocTokenTypes
036     */
037    int getType();
038
039    /**
040     * Node text.
041     *
042     * @return node text
043     */
044    String getText();
045
046    /**
047     * Node line number.
048     *
049     * @return node line number
050     */
051    int getLineNumber();
052
053    /**
054     * Node column number.
055     *
056     * @return node column number.
057     */
058    int getColumnNumber();
059
060    /**
061     * Array of children.
062     *
063     * @return array of children
064     */
065    DetailNode[] getChildren();
066
067    /**
068     * Parent node.
069     *
070     * @return parent node.
071     */
072    DetailNode getParent();
073
074    /**
075     * Node index among parent's children.
076     *
077     * @return index
078     */
079    int getIndex();
080
081}