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/**
 * Doctrine_Tree_Interface
 *
 * @package     Doctrine
 * @license     http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php LGPL
 * @category    Object Relational Mapping
 * @link        www.phpdoctrine.com
 * @since       1.0
 * @version     $Revision$
 * @author      Joe Simms <joe.simms@websites4.com>
 */
interface Doctrine_Tree_Interface {

    /**
     * creates root node from given record or from a new record
     *
     * @param object $record                    instance of Doctrine_Record
     */
    public function createRoot(Doctrine_Record $record = null);

    /**
     * returns root node
     *
     * @return object $record                   instance of Doctrine_Record
     */
    public function findRoot($root_id = 1);

    /**
     * optimised method to returns iterator for traversal of the entire tree from root
     *
     * @param array $options                    options
     * @return object $iterator                 instance of Doctrine_Node_<Implementation>_PreOrderIterator
     */
    public function fetchTree($options = array());

    /**
     * optimised method that returns iterator for traversal of the tree from the given record primary key
     *
     * @param mixed $pk                         primary key as used by table::find() to locate node to traverse tree from
     * @param array $options                    options
     * @return iterator                         instance of Doctrine_Node_<Implementation>_PreOrderIterator
     */
    public function fetchBranch($pk, $options = array());
}