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1   package org.apache.maven.api;
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22  
23  import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Consumer;
24  import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
25  import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;
26  
27  /**
28   * Defines a hierarchical visitor for collecting dependency node trees.
29   * 
30   * @since 4.0
31   */
32  @Experimental
33  @Consumer
34  public interface NodeVisitor
35  {
36      /**
37       * Starts the visit to the specified dependency node.
38       * 
39       * @param node the dependency node to visit
40       * @return <code>true</code> to visit the specified dependency node's children, <code>false</code> to skip the
41       *         specified dependency node's children and proceed to its next sibling
42       */
43      boolean enter( @Nonnull Node node );
44  
45      /**
46       * Ends the visit to the specified dependency node.
47       *
48       * @param node the dependency node to visit
49       * @return <code>true</code> to visit the specified dependency node's next sibling, <code>false</code> to skip the
50       *         specified dependency node's next siblings and proceed to its parent
51       */
52      boolean leave( @Nonnull Node node );
53  }