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package javax.persistence;

/**
 * The TupleElement interface defines an element that is returned in
 * a query result tuple.
 * @param  the type of the element
 *
 * @see Tuple
 *
 * @since Java Persistence 2.0
 */
public interface TupleElement {
    
    /**
     * Return the Java type of the tuple element.
     * @return the Java type of the tuple element
     */
    Class getJavaType();

    /**
     * Return the alias assigned to the tuple element or null, 
     * if no alias has been assigned.
     * @return alias
     */
    String getAlias();
}