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 *
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 * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
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 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
 */package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.querydef;

/**
 * 
 * Purpose: Represents an Expression in the Criteria API implementation heirarchy.
 * 

 * Description: Expressions are expression nodes that can not be joined from
 * and may or not be the result of a Path expression.  The SubQuery is a special type of expression that
 * requires certain methods but can not extend ExpressionImpl.  This interface provide a common API.
 *
 * @see jakarta.persistence.criteria Expression
 *
 * @author gyorke
 * @since EclipseLink 1.2
 */
// Contributors:
//     Gordon Yorke - Initial development
//
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.querydef;


/////
// 

// Purpose: Represents an Expression in the Criteria API implementation heirarchy.
// 

// Description: Expressions are expression nodes that can not be joined from
// and may or not be the result of a Path expression.  The SubQuery is a special type of expression that
// requires certain methods but can not extend ExpressionImpl.  This interface provide a common API.
// 
//
// @see jakarta.persistence.criteria Expression
//
// @author gyorke
// @since EclipseLink 1.2
public interface InternalExpression{

    boolean isPredicate();

    boolean isCompoundExpression();

    boolean isExpression();

    boolean isLiteral();

    boolean isParameter();

    boolean isSubquery();

    //conjunction or disjunction
    boolean isJunction();

}