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package org.hibernate.criterion;
import org.hibernate.sql.JoinType;
import org.hibernate.transform.AliasToEntityMapResultTransformer;
import org.hibernate.transform.DistinctRootEntityResultTransformer;
import org.hibernate.transform.PassThroughResultTransformer;
import org.hibernate.transform.ResultTransformer;
import org.hibernate.transform.RootEntityResultTransformer;

/**
 * @author Gavin King
 */
public interface CriteriaSpecification {

	/**
	 * The alias that refers to the "root" entity of the criteria query.
	 */
	public static final String ROOT_ALIAS = "this";

	/**
	 * Each row of results is a Map from alias to entity instance
	 */
	public static final ResultTransformer ALIAS_TO_ENTITY_MAP = AliasToEntityMapResultTransformer.INSTANCE;

	/**
	 * Each row of results is an instance of the root entity
	 */
	public static final ResultTransformer ROOT_ENTITY = RootEntityResultTransformer.INSTANCE;

	/**
	 * Each row of results is a distinct instance of the root entity
	 */
	public static final ResultTransformer DISTINCT_ROOT_ENTITY = DistinctRootEntityResultTransformer.INSTANCE;

	/**
	 * This result transformer is selected implicitly by calling setProjection()
	 */
	public static final ResultTransformer PROJECTION = PassThroughResultTransformer.INSTANCE;

	/**
	 * Specifies joining to an entity based on an inner join.
	 * @deprecated use {@link JoinType#INNER_JOIN}
	 */
	@Deprecated
	public static final int INNER_JOIN = org.hibernate.sql.JoinFragment.INNER_JOIN;

	/**
	 * Specifies joining to an entity based on a full join.
	 * @deprecated use {@link JoinType#FULL_JOIN}
	 */
	@Deprecated
	public static final int FULL_JOIN = org.hibernate.sql.JoinFragment.FULL_JOIN;

	/**
	 * Specifies joining to an entity based on a left outer join.
	 * @deprecated use {@link JoinType#LEFT_OUTER_JOIN}
	 */
	@Deprecated
	public static final int LEFT_JOIN = org.hibernate.sql.JoinFragment.LEFT_OUTER_JOIN;


}