public boolean canHaveAsChild(Thing thing) {
if (null == thing || null == al_children) return false;
for (final TemplateThing tt : al_children) {
if (tt.type.equals(thing.getType())) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* Determine whether this instance is nested inside the tree of an instance of the same type (for
* example, a neurite_branch inside another neurite_branch)
*/
public boolean isNested() {
Thing p = this.parent;
while (null != p) {
if (this.type.equals(p.getType())) {
return true; // nested!
}
p = p.getParent();
}
return false;
}