MetadataTreeNode parent; // papa

    /** default # of children. Used for tree creation optimization only */
    int nChildren = 8;

    MetadataTreeNode[] children; // of cause

    public int getNChildren() {
        return nChildren;
    }

    public void setNChildren(int children) {
        nChildren = children;
    }

                }

                children.add(new ResolutionNode(a, remoteRepositories, this));
            }
            children = Collections.unmodifiableList(children);
        } else {
            children = Collections.emptyList();
        }
        trail = null;
    }

    /**

    if (announceFastAPI) {
        let children = [].slice.call(announceFastAPI.children);
        children = shuffle(children)
        let index = 0
        const announceRandom = () => {
            children.forEach((el, i) => { el.style.display = "none" });
            children[index].style.display = "block"
            index = (index + 1) % children.length
        }
        announceRandom()

    return new TreeTraverser<T>() {
      @Override
      public Iterable<T> children(T root) {
        return nodeToChildrenFunction.apply(root);
      }
    };
  }

  /** Returns the children of the specified node. Must not contain null. */
  public abstract Iterable<T> children(T root);

  /**

    /** Value indicating children should be merged based on element names */
    public static final String CHILDREN_COMBINATION_MERGE = "merge";
    /** Value indicating children should be appended as siblings */
    public static final String CHILDREN_COMBINATION_APPEND = "append";
    /**
     * Default mode for combining children DOMs during merge.

    checkNotNull(nodeToChildrenFunction);
    return new TreeTraverser<T>() {
      @Override
      public Iterable<T> children(T root) {
        return nodeToChildrenFunction.apply(root);
      }
    };
  }

  /** Returns the children of the specified node. Must not contain null. */
  public abstract Iterable<T> children(T root);

  /**

    }

    interface ChildrenPointer extends Pointer {
        /**
         * Returns the type of pointer, which is always CHILDREN for a ChildrenPointer.
         *
         * @return the CHILDREN pointer type
         */
        @Override
        default Type type() {
            return Type.CHILDREN;
        }
    }

        // Add multiple children
        entry.updateChild("file1.txt", 1024L, 1000L, false, 0x20, 500L, 800L);
        entry.updateChild("file2.txt", 2048L, 2000L, false, 0x20, 600L, 900L);
        entry.updateChild("dir1", 0L, 3000L, true, 0x10, 700L, 1000L);

        List<DirectoryCacheEntry.FileInfo> children = entry.getChildren();
        assertEquals(3, children.size());

     * Traverses this node and potentially its children using the specified visitor.
     *
     * @param visitor the visitor to call back, must not be {@code null}
     * @return {@code true} to visit siblings nodes of this node as well, {@code false} to skip siblings
     */
    boolean accept(@Nonnull NodeVisitor visitor);

    /**
     * Returns a new tree starting at this node, filtering the children.

     * Starts the visit to the specified dependency node.
     *
     * @param node the dependency node to visit
     * @return <code>true</code> to visit the specified dependency node's children, <code>false</code> to skip the
     *         specified dependency node's children and proceed to its next sibling
     */
    boolean enter(@Nonnull Node node);

    /**
     * Ends the visit to the specified dependency node.
     *