/*
* Copyright 2015, The Querydsl Team (http://www.querydsl.com/team)
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package com.querydsl.core.annotations;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Declaration of a static delegate method
*
* <p>Example :</p>
*
* <pre>
* {@code @QueryDelegate(User.class)}
* public static Predicate like(QUser entity, User user) {
* BooleanBuilder builder = new BooleanBuilder();
* if (user.getFirstName() != null) {
* builder.and(entity.firstName.eq(user.getFirstName()));
* }
* if (user.getLastName() != null) {
* builder.and(entity.lastName.eq(user.getLastName()));
* }
* return builder.getValue();
* }
* </pre>
*
* <p>This will be then available in the QUser type as an instance method without the first
* argument:</p>
*
* <pre>
* User user = new User();
* user.setFirstName("John");
* user.setLastName("Doe");
* Predicate predicate = QUser.user.like(user);
* </pre>
*
* @author tiwe
*
*/
@Documented
@Target({METHOD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface QueryDelegate {
/**
* Target type for delegate expansion
*/
Class<?> value();
}