package ca.ubc.cs.spl.aspectPatterns.examples.iterator.java;

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/**
 * Defines an interface for a basic list. 
 *
 * @author  Jan Hannemann
 * @author  Gregor Kiczales
 * @version 1.1, 02/12/04
 * 
 * @see OpenList
 */

public interface SimpleList { 
    
    /** 
     * Returns the number of elements in the list
     *
     * @return the number of elements in the list
     */
     
	public int count(); 
	
	/**
	 * Appends an object to the list
	 *
	 * @param o the object to append
	 * @return true if successful, false otherwise
	 */
	 
	public boolean append(Object o);

	/**
	 * Removes an object from the list
	 *
	 * @param o the object to remove
	 * @return true if successful, false otherwise
	 */
	 
	public boolean remove(Object o); 

	/**
	 * Returns an object from the list at a given index
	 *
	 * @param index the position of the object
	 * @return the object at position index
	 */
	 
	public Object get(int index);
}	
	