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package org.apache.jackrabbit.spi;

import javax.jcr.RangeIterator;
import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * QueryInfo is the the return value of
 * {@link RepositoryService#executeQuery(SessionInfo, String, String, Map, long, long, Map)} 
 * which is used to run a query on the RepositoryService. It
 * provides access to the rows of the query result as well as to the column
 * names.
 *
 * @see javax.jcr.query.QueryResult#getRows()
 * @see javax.jcr.query.QueryResult#getColumnNames()
 * @see javax.jcr.query.QueryResult#getNodes()
 */
public interface QueryInfo {

    /**
     * @return an iterator over the {@link QueryResultRow}s.
     * @see javax.jcr.query.QueryResult#getRows()
     */
    public RangeIterator getRows();

    /**
     * @return an array of Strings representing the column names of
     *         the query result.
     * @see javax.jcr.query.QueryResult#getColumnNames()
     */
    public String[] getColumnNames();

    /**
     * @return an array of Strings representing the selector names of
     *         the query result.
     * @see javax.jcr.query.QueryResult#getSelectorNames()
     */
    public String[] getSelectorNames();
}