fujaba/NetworkParser

package de.uniks.networkparser.interfaces;

/*
NetworkParser
The MIT License
Copyright (c) 2010-2016 Stefan Lindel https://www.github.com/fujaba/NetworkParser/

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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THE SOFTWARE.
*/
/**
 * The Class BaseEntity.
 * 
 * @author Stefan Lindel
 */

public interface BaseItem {
    /** Standard Encoding */
    public static final String ENCODING = "utf-8";

    public static final String CRLF = "\r\n";

    /** The Constant CLASS. */
    public static final String CLASS = "class";

    /**
     * Convert Element to String
     * 
     * @return the Item as String
     */
    @Override
    public String toString();

    /**
     * Convert Element to String
     * 
     * @param converter Converter for Format
     * @return the Item as String with converter
     */
    public String toString(Converter converter);

    /**
     * Add Elements to List or KeyValue if param Modulo 2 the Params can be
     * Key,Value or add all Values to List
     * 
     * @param values Items to Add to List
     * @return this Component
     */
    boolean add(Object... values);

    public BaseItem getNewList(boolean keyValue);

    /**
     * Get the Size of Elements
     * 
     * @return the size
     */
    public int size();
}