/*
*
* This is a simple Content Management System (CMS)
* Copyright (C) 2010 Imran M Yousuf (imyousuf@smartitengineering.com)
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package com.smartitengineering.cms.api.type;
/**
* Defines the datatype for representing collection
* @author imyousuf
* @since 0.1
*/
public interface CollectionDataType
extends DataType {
/**
* Retrieve the definition of the collection's items. Since currently
* collection only supports homogeneous types so it will return only a
* definite existing content type definition.
* @return Definition of collection's items.
*/
public DataType getItemDataType();
/**
* Retrieve the maximum size of the collection. If it is a non positive
* number, it will indicate that the upper bound of the collection
* is infinity.
* @return the maximum size
*/
public int getMaxSize();
public int getMinSize();
}