ItemCountDAO (DSpace Kernel :: API and Implementation 7.1.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ItemCountDAOSolr
```
public interface ItemCountDAO
```
Interface for data access of cached community and collection item count information

Author:

Richard Jones

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getCount(DSpaceObject dso)`	Get the number of items in the given DSpaceObject container.
`void`	`setContext(Context context)`	Set the DSpace Context to use during data access

- Method Detail
  - setContext
```
void setContext(Context context)
         throws ItemCountException
```
    Set the DSpace Context to use during data access
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - DSpace Context
    
    Throws:
    
    ItemCountException - if count error
  - getCount
```
int getCount(DSpaceObject dso)
      throws ItemCountException
```
    Get the number of items in the given DSpaceObject container. This method will only succeed if the DSpaceObject is an instance of either a Community or a Collection. Otherwise it will throw an exception.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dso - Dspace Object
    
    Returns:
    
    count
    
    Throws:
    
    ItemCountException - if count error