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package com.javafx.experiments.importers.maya.values;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import com.javafx.experiments.importers.maya.MEnv;
import com.javafx.experiments.importers.maya.types.MDataType;

public interface MData {
    public MEnv getEnv();

    public MDataType getType();

    public void setSize(int size);

    public void parse(String field, List<String> values);

    public void parse(List<String> values);

    public void parse(Iterator<String> iter);

    /** Get the data associated with the given string path. */
    public MData getData(String path);

    /** Field access for those values which support it, such as compound values. */
    public MData getFieldData(String name);

    /** Index access for those values which suport it, such as array values. */
    public MData getData(int index);

    /** Slice access for those values which support it, such as array values. */
    public MData getData(int start, int end);
}