/** * 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 */ package org.cristalise.kernel.collection; import org.cristalise.kernel.common.InvalidCollectionModification; import org.cristalise.kernel.common.ObjectAlreadyExistsException; import org.cristalise.kernel.common.ObjectNotFoundException; import org.cristalise.kernel.lookup.ItemPath; import org.cristalise.kernel.utils.CastorHashMap; import org.cristalise.kernel.utils.KeyValuePair; import org.cristalise.kernel.utils.Logger; /** * A Collection implementation that contains a variable number of members of the * same type, like a variable-length array. CollectionMembers are created and * destroyed as needed. A Dependency never contains empty slots, nor duplicated * members. * *

ClassProps are stored at the collection level and duplicated in each slot. * Slots may still have their own individual properties annotating their link. * * Predefined steps managing Dependencies: * *