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    017package org.apache.commons.configuration2.tree;
    018
    019/**
    020 * <p>
    021 * An interface to be implemented by objects that support a {@link NodeModel}.
    022 * </p>
    023 * <p>
    024 * This interface defines a single method for querying a {@code NodeModel}.
    025 * </p>
    026 *
    027 * @since 2.0
    028 * @param <T> the type of the supported {@code NodeModel}
    029 */
    030public interface NodeModelSupport<T> {
    031    /**
    032     * Returns the {@code NodeModel} supported by this object.
    033     *
    034     * @return the {@code NodeModel}
    035     */
    036    NodeModel<T> getNodeModel();
    037}