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+package com.seaofnodes.simple.node;
+
+/**
+ * A node whose numeric input family is selected once: unknown, integer, or
+ * floating point.  Implementors remain ordinary Nodes; this interface only
+ * centralizes the structural mode contract shared by arithmetic, comparisons,
+ * and unary minus.
+ */
+public interface ModeNode {
+    byte mode();
+    Node setMode(byte mode);
+}