Iterator/size() (was: [Biocorba-l] BSANE and bioCORBA)

[Martin Senger]

> 
> Perhaps the size() method should not be in the iterator.
>
   Definitely my opinion.

> 
> The method can be a pain as you said, because server impl must scan all
> the elements (e.g.. annotations in this case).
>
   But it's a must (IMHO). I cannot imagine to implement robust clients
without being able to know first what I can get back. But if you feel that
such features would be long and difficult for some server implementation,
put there an exception (not_coutable, not_known, not_implemented,
whatsever).

   Martin

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