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  package org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.client.api;
  
  import java.util.List;
  
  import org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.definitions.TypeDefinition;
  
  /**
   * Object Type.
   * 
   * @cmis 1.0
   */
  public interface ObjectType extends TypeDefinition {
  
      /**
       * Indicates whether this is base object type or not.
       * 
       * @return {@code true} if this type is a base type, {@code false} if this
       *         type is a derived type
       * 
       * @cmis 1.0
       */
      boolean isBaseType();
  
      /**
       * Gets the types base type, if the type is a derived (non-base) type.
       * 
       * @return the base type this type is derived from, or {@code null} if it is
       *         a base type
       * 
       * @cmis 1.0
       */
      ObjectType getBaseType();
  
      /**
       * Gets the types parent type, if the type is a derived (non-base) type.
       * 
       * @return the parent type from which this type is derived, or {@code null}
       *         if it is a base type
       * 
       * @cmis 1.0
       */
      ObjectType getParentType();
  
      /**
       * Gets the list of types directly derived from this type (which will return
       * this type on {@code getParent()}).
       * 
       * @return list of types which are directly derived from this type
       * 
       * @cmis 1.0
       */
      ItemIterable<ObjectType> getChildren();
  
      /**
       * Gets the list of all types somehow derived from this type.
       * 
       * @param depth
       *            the tree depth, must be greater than 0 or -1 for infinite
       *            depth
       * 
       * @return a list of trees of types which are derived from this type (direct
       *         and via their parents)
       * 
       * @cmis 1.0
       */
      List<Tree<ObjectType>> getDescendants(int depth);
  
  }
  