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 * Contributors:
 *     VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - initial API and implementation
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package org.simantics.objmap.structural;

import java.util.List;

import org.simantics.db.Resource;

/**
 * Interface for structurally mapped Java objects.
 * 
 * @author Marko Luukkainen <marko.luukkainen@vtt.fi>
 *
 */
public interface IStructuralObject {
	
	/**
	 * Context of an object. 
	 * @return
	 */
	public List<IStructuralObject> getContext();

	/**
	 * Sets object's context. Used by ObjMap, don't touch. 
	 * @param object
	 */
	public void setContext(List<IStructuralObject> object);
	
	/**
	 * Return type resource for Structural instances. For other objects returns null.
	 * @return
	 */
	public Resource getType();
	
	/**
	 * Sets object's type. Used by ObjMap, don't touch.
	 * @param object
	 */
	public void setType(Resource type);
}