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package com.blazebit.persistence.criteria;
import javax.persistence.criteria.Expression;
/**
* An extended version of {@link Expression}.
*
* @param The target type
* @author Christian Beikov
* @since 1.2.0
*/
public interface BlazeExpression extends Expression {
/* Covariant overrides */
/**
* Like {@link Expression#as} but returns the subtype {@link BlazeExpression} instead.
*
* @param type intended type of the expression
* @param The intended expression type
* @return A new expression of the given type
*/
BlazeExpression as(Class type);
}