netelement.java

Rakiura JFern是一个非常轻型的带有模拟器的Petri网络框架

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// Copyright (C) 1999-2002 by Mariusz Nowostawski and others  [http://www.rakiura.org]

package org.rakiura.cpn;

/**
 * Represents an abstract node element.
 * 
 *<br><br>
 * NetElement.java<br>
 * Created: Mon Sep 25 12:01:13 2000<br>
 *
 *@author  <a href="[e-mail]">Mariusz Nowostawski</a>
 *@version 2.1.0 $Revision: 1.7 $
 *@since 1.0
 */
public interface NetElement extends java.io.Serializable {
  
  /**/
  String NOID = "noid";

  /**
   * Returns this element ID.
   *@return this element ID.
   */
  String getID();

  /** 
   * Returns the name of this node. Names are useful for easy
   * referencing net nodes.
   *@return name of this node.
   */
  String getName();
  
  /**
   * Sets the name of this net element.
   * Names are useful for easy referencing 
   * net nodes.
   *@param aName a new name for this node.
   *@return old name of this node.
   */
  String setName(final String aName);


  /**
   * Visitor pattern.
   *@param aVisitor visitor
   *@return this net element
   */
  NetElement apply(final NetVisitor aVisitor);
  

} // NetElement
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