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*
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*/
package org.dspace.browse;
import org.dspace.core.Context;
import org.dspace.content.DSpaceObject;
/**
* Interface for data access of cached community and collection item count
* information
*
* @author Richard Jones
*
*/
public interface ItemCountDAO
{
/**
* Set the DSpace Context to use during data access
*
* @param context DSpace Context
* @throws ItemCountException if count error
*/
public void setContext(Context context) throws ItemCountException;
/**
* Get the number of items in the given DSpaceObject container. This method will
* only succeed if the DSpaceObject is an instance of either a Community or a
* Collection. Otherwise it will throw an exception.
*
* @param dso Dspace Object
* @return count
* @throws ItemCountException if count error
*/
public int getCount(DSpaceObject dso) throws ItemCountException;
}