package org.odmg;

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/**
 * The interface that defines the operations of an ODMG array.
 * Nearly all of its operations are defined by the JavaSoft <code>List</code> interface.
 * All of the operations defined by the JavaSoft <code>List</code>
 * interface are supported by an ODMG implementation of <code>DArray</code>,
 * the exception <code>UnsupportedOperationException</code> is not thrown when a
 * call is made to any of the <code>List</code> methods.
 * An instance of a class implementing this interface can be obtained
 * by calling the method <code>Implementation.newDArray</code>.
 * @author	David Jordan (as Java Editor of the Object Data Management Group)
 * @version ODMG 3.0
 */
// @see java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException

public interface DArray extends org.odmg.DCollection, java.util.List
{
    /**
     * Resize the array to have <code>newSize</code> elements.
     * @param	newSize	The new size of the array.
     */
    public void resize(int newSize);
}