documentation/manual/en/module_specs/Zend_Paginator-Introduction.xml

   1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   2 <!-- Reviewed: no -->
   3 <sect1 id="zend.paginator.introduction">
   4     <title>Introduction</title>
   5
   6     <para>
   7         <classname>Zend_Paginator</classname> is a flexible component for paginating
   8         collections of data and presenting that data to users.
   9     </para>
  10
  11     <para>
  12         The primary design goals of <classname>Zend_Paginator</classname> are as follows:
  13
  14         <itemizedlist>
  15             <listitem>
  16                 <para>
  17                     Paginate arbitrary data, not just relational databases
  18                 </para>
  19             </listitem>
  20
  21             <listitem>
  22                 <para>
  23                     Fetch only the results that need to be displayed
  24                 </para>
  25             </listitem>
  26
  27             <listitem>
  28                 <para>
  29                     Do not force users to adhere to only one way of displaying
  30                     data or rendering pagination controls
  31                 </para>
  32             </listitem>
  33
  34             <listitem>
  35                 <para>
  36                     Loosely couple <classname>Zend_Paginator</classname> to other Zend
  37                     Framework components so that users who wish to use it
  38                     independently of <classname>Zend_View</classname>,
  39                     <classname>Zend_Db</classname>, etc. can do so
  40                 </para>
  41             </listitem>
  42         </itemizedlist>
  43     </para>
  44 </sect1>
  45 <!--
  46 vim:se ts=4 sw=4 et:
  47 -->