model/src/main/java/org/onosproject/yang/model/InnerNode.java

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package org.onosproject.yang.model;

import java.util.LinkedHashMap;

/**
 * Abstraction of an entity which represents an inner node in data store.
 */
public interface InnerNode extends DataNode {

    /**
     * Returns the children nodes to the current node.
     * <p>
     * Children nodes are identified based on the node key
     *
     * @return read only linked map of children nodes
     */
    LinkedHashMap<NodeKey, DataNode> childNodes();

}