1 /*
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3 *
4 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
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6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0,
7 * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
8 * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
9 *
10 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
11 */
12
13 // Contributors:
14 // Linda DeMichiel - 2.1
15 // Linda DeMichiel - 2.0
16
17 package javax.persistence.criteria;
18
19 import java.util.Collection;
20
21 /**
22 * Type for query expressions.
23 *
24 * @param <T> the type of the expression
25 *
26 * @since 2.0
27 */
28 public interface Expression<T> extends Selection<T> {
29
30 /**
31 * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is null.
32 * @return predicate testing whether the expression is null
33 */
34 Predicate isNull();
35
36 /**
37 * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is
38 * not null.
39 * @return predicate testing whether the expression is not null
40 */
41 Predicate isNotNull();
42
43 /**
44 * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is a member
45 * of the argument list.
46 * @param values values to be tested against
47 * @return predicate testing for membership
48 */
49 Predicate in(Object... values);
50
51 /**
52 * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is a member
53 * of the argument list.
54 * @param values expressions to be tested against
55 * @return predicate testing for membership
56 */
57 Predicate in(Expression<?>... values);
58
59 /**
60 * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is a member
61 * of the collection.
62 * @param values collection of values to be tested against
63 * @return predicate testing for membership
64 */
65 Predicate in(Collection<?> values);
66
67 /**
68 * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is a member
69 * of the collection.
70 * @param values expression corresponding to collection to be
71 * tested against
72 * @return predicate testing for membership
73 */
74 Predicate in(Expression<Collection<?>> values);
75
76 /**
77 * Perform a typecast upon the expression, returning a new
78 * expression object.
79 * This method does not cause type conversion:
80 * the runtime type is not changed.
81 * Warning: may result in a runtime failure.
82 * @param type intended type of the expression
83 * @return new expression of the given type
84 */
85 <X> Expression<X> as(Class<X> type);
86 }
87