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19  package org.apache.maven.shared.dependency.graph.traversal;
20  
21  import org.apache.maven.shared.dependency.graph.DependencyNode;
22  
23  /**
24   * Defines a hierarchical visitor for processing dependency node trees.
25   *
26   * @author <a href="mailto:markhobson@gmail.com">Mark Hobson</a>
27   * @version $Id$
28   * @since 1.1
29   */
30  public interface DependencyNodeVisitor {
31      /**
32       * Starts the visit to the specified dependency node.
33       *
34       * @param node the dependency node to visit
35       * @return <code>true</code> to visit the specified dependency node's children, <code>false</code> to skip the
36       *         specified dependency node's children and proceed to its next sibling
37       */
38      boolean visit(DependencyNode node);
39  
40      /**
41       * Ends the visit to to the specified dependency node.
42       *
43       * @param node the dependency node to visit
44       * @return <code>true</code> to visit the specified dependency node's next sibling, <code>false</code> to skip the
45       *         specified dependency node's next siblings and proceed to its parent
46       */
47      boolean endVisit(DependencyNode node);
48  }