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Provides seamlessly integrated Java access to graph databases (Neo4J) at different levels of abstraction.

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package iot.jcypher.query.api.pattern;

import iot.jcypher.query.api.APIObject;
import iot.jcypher.query.ast.pattern.PatternExpression;
import iot.jcypher.query.ast.pattern.PatternProperty;

public abstract class Element extends APIObject implements IElement {

	Element(PatternExpression px) {
		super();
		this.astNode = px;
	}
	
	/**
	 * JCYPHER
	 * specify a property (of a node or relation) to be matched or created in a pattern
	 * e.g. MATCH.node(n).property("name")
	 * 

	 */
	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
	public Property property(String name) {
		PatternExpression px = (PatternExpression)this.astNode;
		PatternProperty pp = new PatternProperty(name);
		px.getLastElement().getProperties().add(pp);
		Property prop = new Property(px, this);
		return prop;
	}
}