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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>
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