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The Java Data Objects (JDO) API is a standard interface-based Java model abstraction of persistence, developed as Java Specification Request 243 under the auspices of the Java Community Process.

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package javax.jdo.query;

/**
 * Representation of a character expression.
 */
public interface CharacterExpression extends ComparableExpression
{
    /**
     * Method to return a CharacterExpression representing this CharacterExpression in lower case.
     * @return The lower case expression
     */
    CharacterExpression toLowerCase();

    /**
     * Method to return a CharacterExpression representing this CharacterExpression in upper case.
     * @return The upper case expression
     */
    CharacterExpression toUpperCase();

    /**
     * Method to return an expression that is the current expression negated.
     * @return The negated expression
     */
    CharacterExpression neg();

    /**
     * Method to return an expression that is the complement of the current expression.
     * @return The complement expression
     */
    CharacterExpression com();
}