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/* * Copyright 2002-2004 The Apache Software Foundation * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.apache.commons.collections; import java.util.Collection; /** * Defines a collection that is bounded in size. * <p> * The size of the collection can vary, but it can never exceed a preset * maximum number of elements. This interface allows the querying of details * associated with the maximum number of elements. * * @see CollectionUtils#isFull * @see CollectionUtils#maxSize * * @since Commons Collections 3.0 * @version $Revision: 1.11 $ $Date: 2004/04/14 20:13:11 $ * * @author Herve Quiroz * @author Stephen Colebourne */ public interface BoundedCollection extends Collection { /** * Returns true if this collection is full and no new elements can be added. * * @return <code>true</code> if the collection is full */ boolean isFull(); /** * Gets the maximum size of the collection (the bound). * * @return the maximum number of elements the collection can hold */ int maxSize(); }