/*
 Copyright (C) 2007 Richard Gomes

 This source code is release under the BSD License.
 
 This file is part of JQuantLib, a free-software/open-source library
 for financial quantitative analysts and developers - http://jquantlib.org/

 JQuantLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the JQuantLib license.  You should have received a
 copy of the license along with this program; if not, please email
 . The license is also available online at
 .

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the license for more details.
 
 JQuantLib is based on QuantLib. http://quantlib.org/
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 */

package org.jquantlib.util;


/**
 * This interface defines the {@link Visitor} side of the Visitor design pattern 
 *
 * @author Richard Gomes
 *
 * @see Visitable
 * @see PolymorphicVisitor
 * @see PolymorphicVisitable
 * 
 * @see The Visitor Design Pattern
 *
 * @param  defines de data structure to be visited
 */
public interface Visitor {

	/**
	 * This method is responsible for processing a data structure.
	 *  
	 * @param element is one element of the data structure
	 * 
	 * @see Visitable
	 * @see PolymorphicVisitor
	 * @see PolymorphicVisitable
	 */
    public void visit(T element);
}