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package org.jrdf.graph;
// Java 2 standard packages
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* A Bag is a group of statements that are an unorderd list which allow
* duplicates. The order in which the objects go in may not be the order
* in which they are returned.
*
* @author Andrew Newman
*
* @version $Revision: 624 $
*/
public interface Bag extends Container {
/**
* ${@inheritDoc}
*
* @param c ${@inheritDoc}
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given object is not the correct
* type, Bag.
*/
boolean containsAll(Collection<?> c)
throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* ${@inheritDoc}
*
* @param c ${@inheritDoc}
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given object is not the correct
* type, Bag.
*/
boolean addAll(Collection<? extends ObjectNode> c) throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* ${@inheritDoc}
*
* @param c ${@inheritDoc}
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given object is not the correct
* type, Bag.
*/
boolean removeAll(Collection<?> c) throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* ${@inheritDoc}
*
* @param c ${@inheritDoc}
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given object is not the correct
* type, Bag.
*/
boolean retainAll(Collection<?> c) throws IllegalArgumentException;
}