1 /*
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   3  * @LastModified: Oct 2017
   4  */
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  21 
  22 package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xs.datatypes;
  23 
  24 import java.util.List;
  25 
  26 /**
  27  * <p>The <code>ObjectList</code> is an immutable ordered collection of
  28  * <code>Object</code>.</p>
  29  *
  30  * @author Ankit Pasricha, IBM
  31  *
  32  */
  33 public interface ObjectList extends List<Object> {
  34 
  35     /**
  36      * The number of <code>Object</code>s in the list. The range of
  37      * valid child object indices is 0 to <code>length-1</code> inclusive.
  38      */
  39     public int getLength();
  40 
  41     /**
  42      * Checks if the <code>Object</code> <code>item</code> is a
  43      * member of this list.
  44      * @param item  <code>Object</code> whose presence in this list
  45      *   is to be tested.
  46      * @return  True if this list contains the <code>Object</code>
  47      *   <code>item</code>.
  48      */
  49     public boolean contains(Object item);
  50 
  51     /**
  52      * Returns the <code>index</code>th item in the collection or
  53      * <code>null</code> if <code>index</code> is greater than or equal to
  54      * the number of objects in the list. The index starts at 0.
  55      * @param index  index into the collection.
  56      * @return  The <code>Object</code> at the <code>index</code>th
  57      *   position in the <code>ObjectList</code>, or <code>null</code> if
  58      *   the index specified is not valid - greater than or equal to the
  59      *   number of items in the list or less than zero.
  60      */
  61     public Object item(int index);
  62 
  63 }