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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 PANTHEON.tech, s.r.o. and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+package org.opendaylight.mdsal.binding.generator.impl.tree;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.meta.EffectiveStatement;
+
+/**
+ * A parent containing a number of {@link SchemaTreeChild} objects.
+ *
+ * @param <S> Concrete {@link EffectiveStatement} type
+ */
+// FIXME: S extends SchemaTreeAwareStatement ... once AugmentEffectiveStatement implements that
+public interface SchemaTreeParent<S extends EffectiveStatement<?, ?>> {
+ /*
+ * Immutable view of children of this object along the {@code schema tree} child axis.
+ *
+ * @return Immutable view of this objects children along the {@code schema tree} child axis.
+ */
+ @NonNull List<SchemaTreeChild<?, ?>> schemaTreeChildren();
+}