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package org.activiti.engine.query;

import org.activiti.engine.ActivitiException;
import org.activiti.engine.api.internal.Internal;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Describes basic methods for querying.
 *
 */
@Internal
public interface Query, U> {

  /**
   * Order the results ascending on the given property as defined in this class (needs to come after a call to one of the orderByXxxx methods).
   */
  T asc();

  /**
   * Order the results descending on the given property as defined in this class (needs to come after a call to one of the orderByXxxx methods).
   */
  T desc();

  /**
   * Order the results by the given {@link QueryProperty} (needs to be followed by {@link #asc()} or {@link #desc()})
   * @param property the {@code QueryProperty} to be used to order the results
   * @return itself
   */
  T orderBy(QueryProperty property);

  /** Executes the query and returns the number of results */
  long count();

  /**
   * Executes the query and returns the resulting entity or null if no entity matches the query criteria.
   * 
   * @throws ActivitiException
   *           when the query results in more than one entities.
   */
  U singleResult();

  /** Executes the query and get a list of entities as the result. */
  List list();

  /** Executes the query and get a list of entities as the result. */
  List listPage(int firstResult, int maxResults);
}