/**
* This file is part of the CRISTAL-iSE kernel.
* Copyright (c) 2001-2014 The CRISTAL Consortium. All rights reserved.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
* by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
* your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
* ANY WARRANTY; with out even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
* License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
* Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
*
* http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/lgpl.html
*/
/**
* Collections are Item local objects that reference other Items.
*
* In parallel with the OO meta-model, Items can be linked to other Items in
* different ways. These links are modelled with Collections, which are local
* objects stored in an Item which reference a number of other Items in the same
* server. The Collections holds a CollectionMember, sometimes known as a slot,
* to reference each Item and store additional information about the link.
*
*
Features:
*
* - Typing - Collections can restrict membership of based on type
* information derived from Item, Property and Collection descriptions. This
* restriction may be per-slot or apply to the whole Collection.
*
*
- Fixed or flexible slots - The CollectionMember objects of a
* Collection may be empty, individually typed, or created and removed as
* required, simulating either array, structures or lists.
*
*
- Layout - Collections can include a {@link GraphModel} to lay out
* its slots on a two-dimensional canvas, for modelling real world compositions.
*
*/
package com.c2kernel.collection;