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 * Copyright 2014 Blazebit.
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package com.blazebit.persistence;

/**
 * An interface for builders that support the from clause.
 *
 * @param  The concrete builder type
 * @author Christian Beikov
 * @since 1.1.0
 */
public interface FromBuilder> {

    /**
     * Like {@link FromBuilder#from(Class, String))} with the
     * alias equivalent to the camel cased result of what {@link Class#getSimpleName()} of the entity class returns.
     *
     * @param entityClass The entity class which should be queried
     * @return The query builder for chaining calls
     */
    public X from(Class entityClass);

    /**
     * Sets the entity class on which the query should be based on with the given alias.
     *
     * @param entityClass The entity class which should be queried
     * @param alias The alias for the entity
     * @return The query builder for chaining calls
     */
    public X from(Class entityClass, String alias);

    /**
     * Like {@link FromBuilder#from(Class))} but explicitly queries the data before any side effects happen because of CTEs.
     *
     * @param entityClass The entity class which should be queried
     * @return The query builder for chaining calls
     * @since 1.1.0
     */
    public X fromOld(Class entityClass);

    /**
     * Like {@link FromBuilder#from(Class, String))} but explicitly queries the data before any side effects happen because of CTEs.
     *
     * @param entityClass The entity class which should be queried
     * @param alias The alias for the entity
     * @return The query builder for chaining calls
     * @since 1.1.0
     */
    public X fromOld(Class entityClass, String alias);

    /**
     * Like {@link FromBuilder#from(Class))} but explicitly queries the data after any side effects happen because of CTEs.
     *
     * @param entityClass The entity class which should be queried
     * @return The query builder for chaining calls
     * @since 1.1.0
     */
    public X fromNew(Class entityClass);

    /**
     * Like {@link FromBuilder#from(Class, String))} but explicitly queries the data after any side effects happen because of CTEs.
     *
     * @param entityClass The entity class which should be queried
     * @param alias The alias for the entity
     * @return The query builder for chaining calls
     * @since 1.1.0
     */
    public X fromNew(Class entityClass, String alias);

    /*
     * Join methods
     */
    /**
     * Adds a join to the query, possibly specializing implicit joins, and giving the joined element an alias.
     * The resulting join is different from a default join because it can only be referred to via it's alias.
     *
     * @param path The path to join
     * @param alias The alias for the joined element
     * @param type The join type
     * @return The query builder for chaining calls
     */
    public X join(String path, String alias, JoinType type);

    /**
     * Adds a join to the query, possibly specializing implicit joins, and giving the joined element an alias.
     * The resulting join will be the default join meaning that expressions which use the absolute path will refer to this join.
     *
     * @param path The path to join
     * @param alias The alias for the joined element
     * @param type The join type
     * @return The query builder for chaining calls
     */
    public X joinDefault(String path, String alias, JoinType type);

    /**
     * Adds a join with an on-clause to the query, possibly specializing implicit joins, and giving the joined element an alias.
     * 
     * 

* The resulting join is different from a default join because it can only be referred to via it's alias. The absolute path can only * be used if the joined path is a map and the on-clause contains a EQ predicate with the KEY on the left hand side. *

* * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @param type The join type * @return The restriction builder for the on-clause */ public JoinOnBuilder joinOn(String path, String alias, JoinType type); /** * Adds a join with an on-clause to the query, possibly specializing implicit joins, and giving the joined element an alias. * The resulting join will be the default join meaning that expressions which use the absolute path will refer to this join. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @param type The join type * @return The restriction builder for the on-clause */ public JoinOnBuilder joinDefaultOn(String path, String alias, JoinType type); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#join(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#INNER}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The query builder for chaining calls */ public X innerJoin(String path, String alias); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#joinDefault(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#INNER}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The query builder for chaining calls */ public X innerJoinDefault(String path, String alias); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#joinOn(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#INNER}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The restriction builder for the on-clause */ public JoinOnBuilder innerJoinOn(String path, String alias); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#joinDefaultOn(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#INNER}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The restriction builder for the on-clause */ public JoinOnBuilder innerJoinDefaultOn(String path, String alias); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#join(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#LEFT}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The query builder for chaining calls */ public X leftJoin(String path, String alias); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#joinDefault(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#LEFT}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The query builder for chaining calls */ public X leftJoinDefault(String path, String alias); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#joinOn(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#LEFT}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The restriction builder for the on-clause */ public JoinOnBuilder leftJoinOn(String path, String alias); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#joinDefaultOn(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#LEFT}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The restriction builder for the on-clause */ public JoinOnBuilder leftJoinDefaultOn(String path, String alias); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#join(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#RIGHT}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The query builder for chaining calls */ public X rightJoin(String path, String alias); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#joinDefault(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#RIGHT}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The query builder for chaining calls */ public X rightJoinDefault(String path, String alias); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#joinOn(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#RIGHT}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The restriction builder for the on-clause */ public JoinOnBuilder rightJoinOn(String path, String alias); /** * Like {@link FromBuilder#joinDefaultOn(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, com.blazebit.persistence.JoinType) } but with * {@link JoinType#RIGHT}. * * @param path The path to join * @param alias The alias for the joined element * @return The restriction builder for the on-clause */ public JoinOnBuilder rightJoinDefaultOn(String path, String alias); }




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