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17 package org.apache.commons.configuration2.tree;
18
19 /**
20 * <p>
21 * A specialized version of the {@code NodeModelSupport} interface which allows querying an {@link InMemoryNodeModel}.
22 * </p>
23 * <p>
24 * This interface is needed by some special node model implementations used by in-memory configurations. Such
25 * implementations require the extended capabilities of an {@code InMemoryNodeModel}.
26 * </p>
27 *
28 * @since 2.0
29 */
30 public interface InMemoryNodeModelSupport extends NodeModelSupport<ImmutableNode> {
31 /**
32 * {@inheritDoc} This variant specializes the return type to {@code InMemoryNodeModel}.
33 */
34 @Override
35 InMemoryNodeModel getNodeModel();
36 }