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package edu.cmu.tetradapp.app;

import edu.cmu.tetrad.session.SessionNode;


/**
 * Represents the configuration details for a session node.
 *
 * @author Tyler Gibson
 */
public interface SessionNodeConfig {


    /**
     * @return the model confif for the model with the given class or null if there isn't
     * one.
     */
    SessionNodeModelConfig getModelConfig(Class model);


    /**
     * @return all the models for this node.
     */
    Class[] getModels();


    /**
     * @return text to use as a nodeSpecificMessage for the node.
     */
    String getNodeSpecificMessage();


    /**
     * @param sessionNode - The CessionNode for the getModel node.
     * @return a newly created <code>ModelChooser</code> that should be utilized to select a model. If no
     * chooser was specified then the default chooser will be returned.
     */
    ModelChooser getModelChooserInstance(SessionNode sessionNode);


    /**
     * @return a newly created <code>SessionDisplayComp</code> that is used to display the node
     * on the session workbench. If no display component class was specified then a default instance
     * will be used.
     */
    SessionDisplayComp getSessionDisplayCompInstance();


}




