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A Java library for accessing iCalendar data stores

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/**
 * Copyright (c) 2012, Ben Fortuna
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package net.fortuna.ical4j.connector;



/**
 * @param  the object type stored by the collection
 * 
 * $Id$
 *
 * Created on 27/09/2008
 *
 * @author Ben
 *
 */
public interface ObjectCollection {
    
    /**
     * @return the collection name
     */
    String getDisplayName();
    
    /**
     * @return the collection description
     */
    String getDescription();
    
    /**
     * Returns all objects stored in the collection.
     * @return an array of collection objects
     * @throws ObjectStoreException where an unexpected error occurs
     */
    T[] getComponents() throws ObjectStoreException;

    /**
     * Returns a property value for the collection.
     * @param  the property return type
     * @param name the property name
     * @param type the property return type
     * @return a value of the specified type, or null if no property is found
     */
//     T getProperty(String propertyName, Class type);
    
}