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8 package org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts;
10 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
13 * Conceptual representation of a logical path in a tree-like structure, similar to a
14 * {@link java.nio.file.Path}, but more general in terms of what objects it can be applied to.
15 * Paths have an equivalence class, which is captured in the defining type. Paths also have the
16 * notion of containment, where one path is said to contain another path if it the data set
17 * identified by the former contains all elements of the data set represented by later.
19 * @param <P> Path equivalence class
21 public interface Path<P extends Path<P>> {
23 * Check if this path contains some other.
25 * @param other Other path, may not be null.
26 * @return True if this path contains the other.
28 boolean contains(@Nonnull P other);