JpaCriteriaBuilder.java

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package org.jdal.dao.jpa;

import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;

import org.jdal.dao.Filter;

/**
 * @author Jose Luis Martin - (jlm@joseluismartin.info)
 *
 */
public interface JpaCriteriaBuilder<T> {
	
	/**
	 * Add Restrictions to Critera from filter
	 * @param criteria criteria to add restrictions
	 * @param filter Filter data
	 * @param cb CriteriaBuilder
	 * @return criteria.
	 */
	CriteriaQuery<T>  build(CriteriaQuery<T> criteria, CriteriaBuilder cb, Filter filter);

}