TextNode (Dataflow Library Distribution Project 8.0.0-98 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

TextContainer, TokenizedParagraph, TokenizedSentence, TokenizedText, TokenizedWord
```
public interface TextNode
```
Interface for a node in a TextContainer tree.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getChildCount()`	Get the number of direct children of this node.
`List<TextContainer>`	`getChildren()`	Get the ordered list of direct children of this node.
`ListIterator<TextContainer>`	`getIterator()`	Get an iterator over all descendants of this node including this node.
`ListIterator<TextContainer>`	`getIterator(TextElementType type)`	Get an iterator over the node and all descendants of this node of the specified type.
`TextNode`	`getNextSibling()`	Get the right sibling of this node or null if this node has no right sibling.
`TextNode`	`getParent()`	Get the parent node of this node or null if this node is the root.
`TextNode`	`getPrevSibling()`	Get the left sibling of this node or null if this node has no left sibling.

- Method Detail
  - getChildCount
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int getChildCount()
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    Get the number of direct children of this node.
    
    Returns:
    
    the child count of this node
  - getParent
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TextNode getParent()
```
    Get the parent node of this node or null if this node is the root.
    
    Returns:
    
    the parent node of this node
  - getPrevSibling
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TextNode getPrevSibling()
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    Get the left sibling of this node or null if this node has no left sibling.
    
    Returns:
    
    the previous sibling node of this node
  - getNextSibling
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TextNode getNextSibling()
```
    Get the right sibling of this node or null if this node has no right sibling.
    
    Returns:
    
    the next sibling node of this node
  - getChildren
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List<TextContainer> getChildren()
```
    Get the ordered list of direct children of this node.
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of the child nodes
  - getIterator
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ListIterator<TextContainer> getIterator()
```
    Get an iterator over all descendants of this node including this node.
    
    Returns:
    
    a list iterator over the node and all descendants
  - getIterator
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ListIterator<TextContainer> getIterator(TextElementType type)
```
    Get an iterator over the node and all descendants of this node of the specified type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the type of nodes to iterate over
    
    Returns:
    
    a list iterator over the selected nodes