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package org.apache.cayenne.access;
/**
* Defines API that allows QueryEngine to obtain information about query execution
* strategy.
*
*/
public interface OperationHints {
/**
* Returns <code>true</code> to indicate that any results of a select operation
* should be returned as a ResultIterator. <code>false</code> is returned when the
* results are expected as a list.
*/
public boolean isIteratedResult();
}