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package org.immutables.criteria.repository;

import org.immutables.criteria.Criterion;

/**
 * Means repository can perform find operations (similar to SQL {@code SELECT} statement)
 * @param  entity type
 * @param  self-type of reader
 */
public interface Readable> extends Facet {

  /**
   * Find elements given a filter (represented as Criteria)
   * @param criteria criteria predicate
   */
  R find(Criterion criteria);

  /**
   * Retrieve all elements without any predicate
   */
  R findAll();

}