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    017package org.apache.commons.configuration2.tree;
    018
    019/**
    020 * <p>
    021 * A specialized version of the {@code NodeModelSupport} interface which allows querying an {@link InMemoryNodeModel}.
    022 * </p>
    023 * <p>
    024 * This interface is needed by some special node model implementations used by in-memory configurations. Such
    025 * implementations require the extended capabilities of an {@code InMemoryNodeModel}.
    026 * </p>
    027 *
    028 * @since 2.0
    029 */
    030public interface InMemoryNodeModelSupport extends NodeModelSupport<ImmutableNode> {
    031    /**
    032     * {@inheritDoc} This variant specializes the return type to {@code InMemoryNodeModel}.
    033     */
    034    @Override
    035    InMemoryNodeModel getNodeModel();
    036}