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 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2011 Oracle, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution.  The Eclipse Public License is available
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 */
package javax.persistence.criteria;

/**
 * The CommonAbstractCriteria interface defines functionality
 * that is common to both top-level criteria queries and subqueries as
 * well as to update and delete criteria operations.
 * It is not intended to be used directly in query construction.
 *
 *  Note that criteria queries and criteria update and delete operations
 * are typed differently.
 * Criteria queries are typed according to the query result type.
 * Update and delete operations are typed according to the target of the
 * update or delete.
 *
 * @since Java Persistence 2.1
 */
public interface CommonAbstractCriteria {
	/**
	 * Create a subquery of the query.
	 * @param type  the subquery result type
	 * @return subquery
	 */
	 Subquery subquery(Class type);

	/**
	 * Return the predicate that corresponds to the where clause
	 * restriction(s), or null if no restrictions have been
	 * specified.
	 * @return where clause predicate
	 */
	Predicate getRestriction();
}