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package org.janusgraph.graphdb.query;
/**
* A BackendQuery is a query that can be updated to a new limit.
* </p>
* This is useful in query execution where the query limit is successively relaxed to find all the needed elements
* of the result set.
*
* @author Matthias Broecheler (me@matthiasb.com)
*/
public interface BackendQuery<Q extends BackendQuery> extends Query {
/**
* Creates a new query identical to the current one but with the specified limit.
*
* @param newLimit
* @return
*/
public Q updateLimit(int newLimit);
}