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package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository;
import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.Specification;
/**
* Interface to allow execution of {@link Specification}s based on the JPA criteria API.
*
* @author Oliver Gierke
*/
public interface JpaSpecificationExecutor {
/**
* Returns a single entity matching the given {@link Specification}.
*
* @param spec
* @return
*/
T findOne(Specification spec);
/**
* Returns all entities matching the given {@link Specification}.
*
* @param spec
* @return
*/
List findAll(Specification spec);
/**
* Returns a {@link Page} of entities matching the given {@link Specification}.
*
* @param spec
* @param pageable
* @return
*/
Page findAll(Specification spec, Pageable pageable);
/**
* Returns all entities matching the given {@link Specification} and {@link Sort}.
*
* @param spec
* @param sort
* @return
*/
List findAll(Specification spec, Sort sort);
/**
* Returns the number of instances that the given {@link Specification} will return.
*
* @param spec the {@link Specification} to count instances for
* @return the number of instances
*/
long count(Specification spec);
}