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 package org.kuali.rice.core.api.criteria;

 import java.util.List;

 /**

  * Contains a collection of results from a query.  This interface exists as a

  * utility for services that want to implement it to represents results from

  * criteria-based (or other) queries.

  * 

  * @param <T> the type of the objects contained within the results list

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  *

  */

 public interface QueryResults<T> {

         /**

          * Return the list of results that are contained within.  This list can

          * be empty but it should never be null.

          * 

          * @return the list of results

          */

         List<T> getResults();

 }