1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files 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 *
34 * @return node type.
35 * @see JavadocCommentsTokenTypes
36 */
37 int getType();
38
39 /**
40 * Node text.
41 *
42 * @return node text
43 */
44 String getText();
45
46 /**
47 * Node line number.
48 *
49 * @return node line number
50 */
51 int getLineNumber();
52
53 /**
54 * Node column number.
55 *
56 * @return node column number.
57 */
58 int getColumnNumber();
59
60 /**
61 * Parent node.
62 *
63 * @return parent node.
64 */
65 DetailNode getParent();
66
67 /**
68 * Sibling node.
69 *
70 * @return sibling node
71 */
72 DetailNode getNextSibling();
73
74 /**
75 * First child node.
76 *
77 * @return first child node
78 */
79 DetailNode getFirstChild();
80
81 /**
82 * Previous sibling node.
83 *
84 * @return sibling node
85 */
86 DetailNode getPreviousSibling();
87 }