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package org.apache.isis.core.runtime.system.persistence;
import org.apache.isis.applib.query.Query;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.spec.ObjectSpecification;
/**
* Defines a criteria for including instances in set, corresponds to
* {@link Query} in the applib.
*/
public interface PersistenceQuery {
/**
* The type of instances in the resulting set.
*/
ObjectSpecification getSpecification();
/**
* The index of the first record to return, 0 means the first.
* @return
*/
public long getStart() ;
/**
* The number of records to return, 0 means all.
* @return
*/
public long getCount() ;
}