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/*
 * This file is part of JBizMo, a set of tools, libraries and plug-ins
 * for modeling and creating Java-based enterprise applications.
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 *
 * http://sourceforge.net/projects/jbizmo/
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 * This software is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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package net.sourceforge.jbizmo.commons.search;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * 
 * Generic search service
 * 
 * 
 * Copyright 2010 (C) by Martin Ganserer
 * 
 * @author Martin Ganserer
 * @version 1.0.0
 */
public interface SearchService {
	String OPERATOR_IN = "in";
	String OPERATOR_NOT_IN = "not in";
	String OPERATOR_BETWEEN = "between";
	String OPERATOR_IS_NULL = "is null";
	String OPERATOR_IS_NOT_NULL = "is not null";
	String OPERATOR_LIKE = "like";
	String OPERATOR_NOT_LIKE = "not like";
	String OPERATOR_EQUAL = "=";
	String OPERATOR_GREATER = ">";
	String OPERATOR_SMALLER = "<";
	String OPERATOR_GREATER_OR_EQUAL = ">=";
	String OPERATOR_SMALLER_OR_EQUAL = "<=";
	String TOKEN_DELIMITER_IN = ";;";
	String TOKEN_DELIMITER_BETWEEN = "  ";

	/**
	 * Search for values that begin with the specified prefix
	 * @param command
	 * @param prefix
	 * @return the result list
	 */
	Collection getListOfValues(String command, String prefix);
}