/*

     This file is part of Combean.

     Combean is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or

     (at your option) any later version.

     Combean 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

     GNU General Public License for more details.

     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

     along with Combean; if not, write to the Free Software

     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA

 */

 /*

  * Created on 24.03.2005

  *

  */

 package net.sourceforge.combean.interfaces.graph.prop;

 import net.sourceforge.combean.interfaces.graph.Graph;

 /**

  * A graph which is based on another graph.

  * 

  * The properties of the nested may still be usable by users of the

  * graph with the NestedGraphProp.

  * 

  * @author schickin

  *

  */

 public interface NestedGraphProp extends Graph {

     /**

      * @return the nested graph

      */

     public Graph getNestedGraph();

     /**

      * Check whether a property may be provided to the user by the nested graph

      * 

      * @param wantedProp the property which the user wants to use

      * @return true if the user may access the nested graph for obtaining

      * the wanted property

      */

     public boolean mayNestGraphProp(Class wantedProp);

 }