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* Copyright (c) 2000-present Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
* the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
* Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
* any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
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*/
package com.liferay.portal.odata.filter;
import com.liferay.portal.odata.filter.expression.Expression;
import com.liferay.portal.odata.filter.expression.ExpressionVisitException;
/**
* Transforms a string containing an OData filter into a manageable {@code
* Expression}.
*
* @author David Arques
* @review
*/
public interface FilterParser {
/**
* Returns an {@code Expression} from a string.
*
* @param filterString the string
* @return the {@code Expression}
* @review
*/
public Expression parse(String filterString)
throws ExpressionVisitException;
}