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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;

/**
 * Expression representing a persistable object in a query (e.g alias.persistableField).
 *
 * @param  (Persistable) Java type being represented here
 */
public interface PersistableExpression extends Expression
{
    /**
     * Method to return an expression for the (JDO) identity of this persistable object.
     * @return The identity expression
     */
    Expression jdoObjectId();

    /**
     * Method to return an expression for the (JDO) version of this persistable object.
     * @return The version expression
     */
    Expression jdoVersion();
}