| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, |
| * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause |
| */ |
| |
| // Contributors: |
| // Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.1 |
| // Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0 |
| |
| package javax.persistence.criteria; |
| |
| import java.util.Collection; |
| |
| /** |
| * Type for query expressions. |
| * |
| * @param <T> the type of the expression |
| * |
| * @since Java Persistence 2.0 |
| */ |
| public interface Expression<T> extends Selection<T> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is null. |
| * @return predicate testing whether the expression is null |
| */ |
| Predicate isNull(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is |
| * not null. |
| * @return predicate testing whether the expression is not null |
| */ |
| Predicate isNotNull(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is a member |
| * of the argument list. |
| * @param values values to be tested against |
| * @return predicate testing for membership |
| */ |
| Predicate in(Object... values); |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is a member |
| * of the argument list. |
| * @param values expressions to be tested against |
| * @return predicate testing for membership |
| */ |
| Predicate in(Expression<?>... values); |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is a member |
| * of the collection. |
| * @param values collection of values to be tested against |
| * @return predicate testing for membership |
| */ |
| Predicate in(Collection<?> values); |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a predicate to test whether the expression is a member |
| * of the collection. |
| * @param values expression corresponding to collection to be |
| * tested against |
| * @return predicate testing for membership |
| */ |
| Predicate in(Expression<Collection<?>> values); |
| |
| /** |
| * Perform a typecast upon the expression, returning a new |
| * expression object. |
| * This method does not cause type conversion: |
| * the runtime type is not changed. |
| * Warning: may result in a runtime failure. |
| * @param type intended type of the expression |
| * @return new expression of the given type |
| */ |
| <X> Expression<X> as(Class<X> type); |
| } |