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class MetaNode:
  """
    A metanode aggregates a collection of real nodes.
    It is used for planning and budgeting. 
    One application of a metanode is to create accounting rules....
      
    Ex. accounting

      source/coramy/accounting/4003
      destination/norfatex/accounting/2001

      resource: EUR
      amount: 10.0

      source/portal_categories/country/france/accounting/4003
      destination/portal_categories/country/spain/accounting/2001

      resource: EUR
      amount: 10.0

    This means that we may have to add some uid to movement table
    if we wish to benefit from acquisition.

  """

  def getNodeList():
    """
      Returns the subnodes of this metanode
    """