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package org.apache.commons.collections;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* Defines a collection that is bounded in size.
*
* 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 $Revision$ $Date$
*
* @author Herve Quiroz
* @author Stephen Colebourne
*
* @deprecated Apache Commons Collections version 3.x is being deprecated from AEMaaCS. The upgraded version 4.4 of Commons Collections is already included as replacement. Customers are advised to upgrade to this version of the library. Please note: the package name was changed to org.apache.commons.collections4. Further note that there are AEM APIs currently exposing the old collections classes; these will be updated in upcoming releases.
*/
@Deprecated(since = "2021-04-30")
public interface BoundedCollection extends Collection {
/**
* Returns true if this collection is full and no new elements can be added.
*
* @return true 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();
}