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//  IHeaderCell.cs - Gbtc
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//  Code Modification History:
//  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  04/16/2005 - J. Ritchie Carroll
//       Generated original version of source code.
//  09/15/2009 - Stephen C. Wills
//       Added new header and license agreement.
//  12/17/2012 - Starlynn Danyelle Gilliam
//       Modified Header.
//
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namespace GSF.PhasorProtocols
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents a protocol independent interface representation of any kind of <see cref="IHeaderFrame"/> cell.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IHeaderCell : IChannelCell
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a reference to the parent <see cref="IHeaderFrame"/> for this <see cref="IHeaderCell"/>.
        /// </summary>
        new IHeaderFrame Parent { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets ASCII character as a <see cref="byte"/> that represents this <see cref="IHeaderCell"/>.
        /// </summary>
        byte Character { get; set; }
    }
}