fedora.oai
Interface ResumptionToken

All Known Implementing Classes:
SimpleResumptionToken

public interface ResumptionToken

Title: ResumptionToken.java

Description: A token that can be used to retrieve the remaining portion of an incomplete list response.

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Version:
$Id: ResumptionToken.java,v 1.7 2005/01/11 20:06:05 cwilper Exp $
Author:
cwilper@cs.cornell.edu
See Also:
http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html#FlowControl

Method Summary
 long getCompleteListSize()
          Get the size of the list.
 long getCursor()
          Get the position in the list that this record starts at.
 java.util.Date getExpirationDate()
          Get the expiration date of the token.
 java.lang.String getValue()
          Get the value of the token.
 

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()
Get the value of the token. A null value indicates that the associated list is complete.


getExpirationDate

public java.util.Date getExpirationDate()
Get the expiration date of the token. A null value indicates an unknown or unprovided expiration date.


getCompleteListSize

public long getCompleteListSize()
Get the size of the list. A negative value indicates an unknown or unprovided list size.


getCursor

public long getCursor()
Get the position in the list that this record starts at. A negative value indicates an unknown or unprovided position.