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
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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THE SOFTWARE.
*/
import java.util.Comparator;

import de.uniks.networkparser.buffer.Buffer;

public interface EntityList extends BaseItem {
    /**
     * Return a Element from list
     * 
     * @param index index of Element
     * @return a Element
     */
    public BaseItem getChild(int index);

    /**
     * Make a prettyprinted Text of this Entity.
     * <p>
     * Warning: This method assumes that the data structure is acyclical.
     *
     * @param indentFactor The number of spaces to add to each level of indentation.
     * @return a printable, displayable, portable, transmittable representation of
     *         the object, beginning with <code>{</code>&nbsp;<small>(left
     *         brace)</small> and ending with <code>}</code>&nbsp;<small>(right
     *         brace)</small>.
     */
    public String toString(int indentFactor);

    public boolean isComparator();

    public Comparator<Object> comparator();

    public BaseItem withValue(Buffer values);

    public int sizeChildren();
}