tmf/org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/tmf/core/model/tree/ITmfTreeDataModel.java

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package org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.model.tree;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.model.OutputElementStyle;

/**
 * Model's interface that can be used to represent a hierarchical relationship,
 * for instance a tree
 *
 * @author Yonni Chen
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface ITmfTreeDataModel {

    /**
     * Returns id of this model
     *
     * @return The id of the current instance
     */
    long getId();

    /**
     * Returns the parent id of this model, or <code>-1</code> if it has none.
     *
     * @return The parent id
     */
    long getParentId();

    /**
     * Returns the name of this model. The name is a single label for this model
     * and it is similar to getLabels(). The goal of this method is to provide
     * an simpler way of dealing with label if this model is used in a context
     * where there is no columns support.
     *
     * @return the model name
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Returns a list of labels. Each label in this list can be use as a value
     * for columns. If there is no plan for column you can use getName() to
     * simplify things.
     *
     * @return the model name
     * @since 5.0
     */
    default List<String> getLabels() {
        return Collections.singletonList(getName());
    }

    /**
     * Get the style associated with this model
     *
     * @return {@link OutputElementStyle} describing the style of this model
     * @since 5.2
     */
    default @Nullable OutputElementStyle getStyle() {
        return null;
    }

}