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017package org.apache.camel.language.simple.ast;
018
019/**
020 * Represents a node in the AST which contains literals
021 */
022public interface LiteralNode extends SimpleNode {
023
024    /**
025     * Adds the given text to this model.
026     * <p/>
027     * This operation can be invoked multiple times to add more text.
028     *
029     * @param text the text to add
030     */
031    void addText(String text);
032
033    /**
034     * Gets the text
035     *
036     * @return the text, will never be <tt>null</tt>, but may contain an empty string.
037     */
038    String getText();
039
040    /**
041     * Whether to quote embedded nodes.
042     * <p/>
043     * Some functions such as the <tt>bean:</tt> function would need to quote its embedded nodes
044     * as they are parameter values for method names.
045     */
046    boolean quoteEmbeddedNodes();
047
048}