/*
  (c) Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
  [See end of file]
  $Id: RDFVisitor.java,v 1.6 2008/01/02 12:05:48 andy_seaborne Exp $
*/

package com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model;

/**
 	@author kers
    The interface for visiting (ie type-dispatching) an RDF Node.
*/
public interface RDFVisitor
    {
    /**
        Method to call when visiting a blank node r with identifier id.
        @param r the blank RDF node being visited
        @param id the identifier of that node
        @return value to be returned from the visit
    */
    Object visitBlank( Resource r, AnonId id );
    
    /**
        Method to call when visiting a URI node r with the given uri.
        @param r the URI node being visited
        @param uri the URI string of that node
        @return value to be returned from the visit
    */
    Object visitURI( Resource r, String uri );
    
    /**
        Method to call when visiting a literal RDF node l.
        @param l the RDF Literal node
        @return a value to be returned from the visit
    */
    Object visitLiteral( Literal l );
    }


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