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17  package org.apache.commons.jxpath;
18  
19  import java.util.List;
20  
21  /**
22   * NodeSet interface can be used as the type of an argument of an extension
23   * function.  Alternatively, the function can declare the argument as
24   * a Collection (or List or Set), in which case it will be given a collection
25   * of <i>values</i> matching the path.
26   *
27   * @author <a href="mailto:dmitri@apache.org">Dmitri Plotnikov</a>
28   * @version $Id: NodeSet.java 618149 2008-02-04 02:04:13Z mbenson $
29   */
30  public interface NodeSet {
31  
32      /**
33       * Returns a list of nodes.
34       * @return List
35       */
36      List getNodes();
37  
38      /**
39       * Returns a list of pointers for all nodes in the set.
40       * @return List
41       */
42      List getPointers();
43  
44      /**
45       * Returns a list of values of all contained pointers.
46       * @return List
47       */
48      List getValues();
49  
50  }