1   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2   // checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
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18  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
19  
20  package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api;
21  
22  /**
23   * DetailNode is used to construct tree during parsing Javadoc comments.
24   * Contains array of children, parent node and other useful fields.
25   *
26   * @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.JavadocNodeImpl
27   * @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.javadoc.AbstractJavadocCheck
28   */
29  public interface DetailNode {
30  
31      /**
32       * Node type.
33       * @return node type.
34       * @see JavadocTokenTypes
35       */
36      int getType();
37  
38      /**
39       * Node text.
40       * @return node text
41       */
42      String getText();
43  
44      /**
45       * Node line number.
46       * @return node line number
47       */
48      int getLineNumber();
49  
50      /**
51       * Node column number.
52       * @return node column number.
53       */
54      int getColumnNumber();
55  
56      /**
57       * Array of children.
58       * @return array of children
59       */
60      DetailNode[] getChildren();
61  
62      /**
63       * Parent node.
64       * @return parent node.
65       */
66      DetailNode getParent();
67  
68      /**
69       * Node index among parent's children.
70       * @return index
71       */
72      int getIndex();
73  
74  }