org.eclipse.osbp.runtime.common/src/org/eclipse/osbp/runtime/common/filter/IQuery.java

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2011, 2015 - Lunifera GmbH (Gross Enzersdorf, Austria), Loetz GmbH&Co.KG (69115 Heidelberg, Germany)
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *         Florian Pirchner - Initial implementation
 */
package org.eclipse.osbp.runtime.common.filter;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * 
 * @noimplement by clients. Will be changed in future!
 */
public interface IQuery extends Serializable {

	/**
	 * Returns the root filter that should be used for the query.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	ILFilter getFilter();

	/**
	 * Replaces the root filter that should be used for the query.
	 * 
	 */
	void replaceFilter(ILFilter filter);
	
	/**
	 * Returns the sortable columns.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	SortOrder getSortOrder();

	/**
	 * Returns the map with additional information.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	Map<String, Object> getMap();
	
}