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The Java Data Objects (JDO) API is a standard interface-based Java model abstraction of persistence, developed as Java Specification Request 243 under the auspices of the Java Community Process.

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package javax.jdo.query;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Representation of a collection in a query.
 * 
 * @param  Java type being represented here
 * @param  Element type of the collection being represented here
 */
public interface CollectionExpression, E> extends Expression
{
    /**
     * Method returning whether the specified element expression is contained in this collection.
     * @param expr The element expression
     * @return Whether it is contained here
     */
    BooleanExpression contains(Expression expr);

    /**
     * Method returning whether the specified element is contained in this collection.
     * @param elem The element
     * @return Whether it is contained here
     */
    BooleanExpression contains(E elem);

    /**
     * Method returning whether the collection is empty.
     * @return Whether it is empty
     */
    BooleanExpression isEmpty();

    /**
     * Method returning an expression for the size of the collection
     * @return The size
     */
    NumericExpression size();
}