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<sect1 id="zend.paginator.introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
<classname>Zend_Paginator</classname> is a flexible component for paginating
collections of data and presenting that data to users.
</para>
<para>
The primary design goals of <classname>Zend_Paginator</classname> are as follows:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Paginate arbitrary data, not just relational databases
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fetch only the results that need to be displayed
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Do not force users to adhere to only one way of displaying
data or rendering pagination controls
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Loosely couple <classname>Zend_Paginator</classname> to other Zend
Framework components so that users who wish to use it
independently of <classname>Zend_View</classname>,
<classname>Zend_Db</classname>, etc. can do so
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect1>
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