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package net.ontopia.topicmaps.query.impl.rdbms;
import java.util.List;
import net.ontopia.topicmaps.query.core.InvalidQueryException;
import net.ontopia.topicmaps.query.impl.basic.BasicPredicateIF;
/**
* INTERNAL: Represents a predicate in the rdbms implementation.
*/
public interface JDOPredicateIF extends BasicPredicateIF {
/**
* INTERNAL:
*/
public boolean isRecursive();
/**
* INTERNAL: This method will be called before building the
* query. It is used mainly for analyzing the predicate.
*/
public void prescan(QueryBuilder builder, List arguments);
/**
* INTERNAL: Registers JDOExpressionsIF for this predicate with the
* query builder.
*
* @return true if predicate was mapped to JDO expression; false if
* the predicate could not be mapped to an JDO expression.
*/
public boolean buildQuery(QueryBuilder builder, List expressions, List arguments)
throws InvalidQueryException;
}