javax.persistence.criteria.Predicate Maven / Gradle / Ivy
// $Id: Predicate.java 17752 2009-10-15 01:19:21Z [email protected] $
// EJB3 Specification Copyright 2004-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
package javax.persistence.criteria;
import java.util.List;
/**
* The type of a simple or compound predicate: a conjunction or
* disjunction of restrictions.
* A simple predicate is considered to be a conjunction with a
* single conjunct.
*
* @since Java Persistence 2.0
*/
public interface Predicate extends Expression {
public static enum BooleanOperator {
AND,
OR
}
/**
* Return the boolean operator for the predicate.
* If the predicate is simple, this is AND.
*
* @return boolean operator for the predicate
*/
BooleanOperator getOperator();
/**
* Whether the predicate has been created from another
* predicate by applying the Predicate.not() method
* or the CriteriaBuilder.not() method.
*
* @return boolean indicating if the predicate is
* a negated predicate
*/
boolean isNegated();
/**
* Return the top-level conjuncts or disjuncts of the predicate.
* Returns empty list if there are no top-level conjuncts or
* disjuncts of the predicate.
* Modifications to the list do not affect the query.
*
* @return list of boolean expressions forming the predicate
*/
List> getExpressions();
/**
* Create a negation of the predicate.
*
* @return negated predicate
*/
Predicate not();
}