1 /*
2 * $Header$
3 * $Revision$
4 * $Date$
5 *
6 * ====================================================================
7 *
8 * Copyright 2000-2002 bob mcwhirter & James Strachan.
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39 * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
40 * individuals on behalf of the Jaxen Project and was originally
41 * created by bob mcwhirter <bob@werken.com> and
42 * James Strachan <jstrachan@apache.org>. For more information on the
43 * Jaxen Project, please see <http://www.jaxen.org/>.
44 *
45 * $Id$
46 */
47
48
49
50 package org.jaxen.expr;
51
52 import java.io.Serializable;
53 import java.util.List;
54
55 /**
56 * Interface for objects which can have one or more predicates.
57 *
58 */
59 public interface Predicated extends Serializable
60 {
61 /**
62 * Add an additional predicate to this object.
63 *
64 * @param predicate the predicate to add
65 */
66 void addPredicate(Predicate predicate);
67
68
69 /**
70 * Returns a possibly empty list of predicates.
71 *
72 * @return the list of predicates
73 */
74 List getPredicates();
75
76
77 /**
78 * Returns a possibly empty set of predicates.
79 *
80 * @return the set of predicates
81 */
82 PredicateSet getPredicateSet();
83 }