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 * Copyright 2015 Antonio Rabelo.
 *
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package com.github.tennaito.rsql.builder;

import com.github.tennaito.rsql.jpa.PredicateBuilderStrategy;
import com.github.tennaito.rsql.misc.ArgumentParser;
import com.github.tennaito.rsql.misc.Mapper;

/**
 * Facade Interface for miscelaneous utilities for operation definition.
 *
 * PropertyMapper for translation of properties aliases.
 * ArgumentParser for casting specific types.
 * PredicateBuilder for RSQL AST new nodes.
 *
 * @author AntonioRabelo
 * @since 2015-02-03
 */
public interface BuilderTools {

	/**
	 * Get a mapper for the properties.
	 *
	 * @return Mapper
	 */
	public Mapper getPropertiesMapper();

	/**
	 * Set a specific Mapper.
	 *
	 * @param mapper Mapper
	 */
	public void setPropertiesMapper(Mapper mapper);

	/**
	 * Get a argument parser for casting types.
	 *
	 * @return ArgumentParser
	 */
	public ArgumentParser getArgumentParser();

	/**
	 * Set a specific ArgumentParser.
	 *
	 * @param argumentParser ArgumentParser
	 */
	public void setArgumentParser(ArgumentParser argumentParser);

	/**
	 * Get a predicate strategy for parsing Node into Predicate.
	 *
	 * @return PredicateBuilderStrategy
	 */
	public PredicateBuilderStrategy getPredicateBuilder();

	/**
	 * Set a specific predicate strategy.
	 *
	 * @param predicateStrategy PredicateBuilderStrategy
	 */
	public void setPredicateBuilder(PredicateBuilderStrategy predicateStrategy);
}