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package org.jdal.dao.jpa.query;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Strategy to find named query string. 
 * JPA API don't support access to Query String from Query objects so we need 
 * this to try to find them.
 *  
 * @author Jose Luis Martin - (jlm@joseluismartin.info)
 */
public interface QueryFinder {
	
	/**
	 * Find for NamedQueries and return a Map with name as key and query string as value.
	 * @return Map with query strings
	 */
	Map<String, String> find();
	
	/**
	 * Find a NameQuery String by name
	 */
	String find(String name);

}