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package org.apache.olingo.server.api.processor;

import org.apache.olingo.server.api.ODataApplicationException;
import org.apache.olingo.server.api.ODataRequest;
import org.apache.olingo.server.api.ODataResponse;
import org.apache.olingo.server.api.serializer.SerializerException;
import org.apache.olingo.server.api.uri.UriInfo;

/**
 * Processor interface for handling counting a collection of complex properties, e.g. an EdmComplexType.
 */
public interface CountComplexCollectionProcessor extends Processor {

  /**
   * Counts complex properties from persistence and puts serialized content and status into the response.
   * Response content type is <code>text/plain</code> by default.
   * @param request  OData request object containing raw HTTP information.
   * @param response OData response object for collecting response data
   * @param uriInfo  information of a parsed OData URI
   * @throws ODataApplicationException if the service implementation encounters a failure
   * @throws SerializerException       if serialization failed
   */
  void countComplexCollection(ODataRequest request, ODataResponse response, UriInfo uriInfo)
      throws ODataApplicationException, SerializerException;
}