001/*
002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
003 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
004 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
005 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
006 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
007 * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
008 *
009 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010 *
011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015 * limitations under the License.
016 */
017package org.apache.commons.flatfile;
018
019import java.util.Collection;
020
021/**
022 * An entity that is a collection of child entities.
023 * @version $Revision: 757266 $ $Date: 2009-03-22 17:12:27 -0500 (Sun, 22 Mar 2009) $
024 */
025public interface EntityCollection extends Entity {
026
027    /**
028     * Get the children.
029     * @return Collection<Entity>.
030     */
031    Collection<Entity> getChildren();
032}