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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Cisco Systems, Inc. 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.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
+
+/**
+ * Node which is not leaf, but has child {@link NormalizedNode}s as its value. It provides iteration over its child
+ * nodes via {@link #body()}. More convenient access to child nodes are provided by {@link DistinctNodeContainer} and
+ * {@link OrderedNodeContainer}.
+ *
+ * @param <V> Child Node type
+ */
+public interface NormalizedNodeContainer<V extends NormalizedNode> extends NormalizedNode, OrderingAware {
+ /**
+ * {@inheritDoc}
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Returns iteration of all child nodes. Order of returned child nodes may be defined by subinterfaces.
+ */
+ @Override
+ Collection<@NonNull V> body();
+
+ /**
+ * Return the logical size of this container body. The default implementation defers to {@code body().size()}.
+ *
+ * @return Size of this container's body.
+ */
+ default int size() {
+ return body().size();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Determine whether this container body is empty. The default implementation defers to {@code body().isEmpty()}.
+ *
+ * @return True if this container has an empty body.
+ */
+ default boolean isEmpty() {
+ return body().isEmpty();
+ }
+}