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package freemarker.template;

/**
 * "sequence" template language data type; an object that contains other objects accessible through an integer 0-based
 * index.
 * 
 * 
 * Used in templates like: {@code mySeq[index]}, {@code <#list mySeq as i>...}, {@code mySeq?size}, etc.
 * 
 * @see TemplateCollectionModel
 */
public interface TemplateSequenceModel extends TemplateModel {

    /**
     * Retrieves the i-th template model in this sequence.
     * 
     * @return the item at the specified index, or null if the index is out of bounds. Note that a
     *         null value is interpreted by FreeMarker as "variable does not exist", and accessing a
     *         missing variables is usually considered as an error in the FreeMarker Template Language, so the usage of
     *         a bad index will not remain hidden, unless the default value for that case was also specified in the
     *         template.
     */
    TemplateModel get(int index) throws TemplateModelException;

    /**
     * @return the number of items in the list.
     */
    int size() throws TemplateModelException;
}