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    1   /*
    2    * Copyright 2001-2005 (C) MetaStuff, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
    3    *
    4    * This software is open source.
    5    * See the bottom of this file for the licence.
    6    */
    7
    8   package org.dom4j;
    9
    10  /***
    11   * <p>
    12   * <code>CharacterData</code> is a marker interface for character based nodes
    13   * such as the <code>CDATA</code>,<code>Comment</code> and
    14   * <code>Text</code> nodes.
    15   * </p>
    16   *
    17   * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan </a>
    18   * @version $Revision: 1.9 $
    19   */
    20  public interface CharacterData extends Node {
    21      /***
    22       * Appends the given text to this nodes text value. Calling this method is
    23       * equivalent of the code <code>node.setText(node.getText() + text)</code>
    24       * but allows for possible implementation optimisations (such as a text
    25       * based node storing a StringBuffer internally
    26       *
    27       * @param text
    28       *            the text to append
    29       */
    30      void appendText(String text);
    31  }
    32
    33  /*
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    66   *
    67   * Copyright 2001-2005 (C) MetaStuff, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
    68   */