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package org.hibernate.criterion;
import java.io.Serializable;

import org.hibernate.Criteria;
import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
import org.hibernate.type.Type;

/**
 * An object-oriented representation of a query result set projection  in a {@link Criteria} query.
 * Built-in projection types are provided  by the {@link Projections} factory class.  This interface might be
 * implemented by application classes that define custom projections.
 *
 * @author Gavin King
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 * @see Projections
 * @see Criteria
 */
public interface Projection extends Serializable {

	/**
	 * Render the SQL fragment to be used in the SELECT clause.
	 *
	 * @param criteria The local criteria to which this project is attached (for resolution).
	 * @param position The number of columns rendered in the SELECT clause before this projection.  Generally
	 * speaking this is useful to ensure uniqueness of the individual columns aliases.
	 * @param criteriaQuery The overall criteria query instance.
	 * @return The SQL fragment to plug into the SELECT
	 * @throws HibernateException Indicates a problem performing the rendering
	 */
	public String toSqlString(Criteria criteria, int position, CriteriaQuery criteriaQuery)
			throws HibernateException;

	/**
	 * Render the SQL fragment to be used in the GROUP BY clause
	 *
	 * @param criteria The local criteria to which this project is attached (for resolution).
	 * @param criteriaQuery The overall criteria query instance.
	 * @return The SQL fragment to plug into the GROUP BY
	 * @throws HibernateException Indicates a problem performing the rendering
	 */
	public String toGroupSqlString(Criteria criteria, CriteriaQuery criteriaQuery)
			throws HibernateException;

	/**
	 * Types returned by the rendered SQL {@link #toSqlString fragment}.  In other words what are the types
	 * that would represent the values this projection asked to be pulled into the result set?
	 *
	 * @param criteria The local criteria to which this project is attached (for resolution).
	 * @param criteriaQuery The overall criteria query instance.
	 * @return The return types.
	 * @throws HibernateException Indicates a problem resolving the types
	 */
	public Type[] getTypes(Criteria criteria, CriteriaQuery criteriaQuery)
			throws HibernateException;

	/**
	 * Get the return types for a particular user-visible alias.
	 * 

* Differs from {@link #getTypes(org.hibernate.Criteria, CriteriaQuery)} in that here we are only interested in * the types related to the given criteria-level alias. * * @param alias The criteria-level alias for which to find types. * @param criteria The local criteria to which this project is attached (for resolution). * @param criteriaQuery The overall criteria query instance. * @return The return types; expected to return null if this projection does not understand this alias. * @throws HibernateException Indicates a problem resolving the types */ public Type[] getTypes(String alias, Criteria criteria, CriteriaQuery criteriaQuery) throws HibernateException; /** * Get the SQL column aliases used by this projection for the columns it writes for inclusion into the * SELECT clause ({@link #toSqlString}. Hibernate always uses column aliases to extract data from the * JDBC {@link java.sql.ResultSet}, so it is important that these be implemented correctly in order for * Hibernate to be able to extract these val;ues correctly. * * @param position Just as in {@link #toSqlString}, represents the number of columns rendered * prior to this projection. * @return The columns aliases. */ public String[] getColumnAliases(int position); /** * Get the SQL column aliases used by this projection for the columns it writes for inclusion into the * SELECT clause ({@link #toSqlString} for a particular criteria-level alias. * * @param alias The criteria-level alias * @param position Just as in {@link #toSqlString}, represents the number of columns rendered * prior to this projection. * @return The columns aliases pertaining to a particular criteria-level alias; expected to return null if * this projection does not understand this alias. */ public String[] getColumnAliases(String alias, int position); /** * Get the criteria-level aliases for this projection (ie. the ones that will be passed to the * {@link org.hibernate.transform.ResultTransformer}) * * @return The aliases */ public String[] getAliases(); /** * Is this projection fragment (SELECT clause) also part of the GROUP BY * * @return True if the projection is also part of the GROUP BY; false otherwise. */ public boolean isGrouped(); }





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