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package org.apache.openjpa.persistence.query;
/**
* Factory interface for query definition objects
*/
public interface QueryBuilder {
/**
* Create an uninitialized query definition object.
*
* @return query definition instance
*/
QueryDefinition createQueryDefinition();
/**
* Create a query definition object with the given root. The root must be an
* entity class.
*
* @param cls -
* an entity class
* @return root domain object
*/
DomainObject createQueryDefinition(Class root);
/**
* Create a query definition object whose root is derived from a domain
* object of the containing query. Provides support for correlated
* subqueries. Joins against the resulting domain object do not affect the
* query domain of the containing query. The path expression must correspond
* to an entity class. The path expression must not be a domain object of
* the containing query.
*
* @param path -
* path expression corresponding to the domain object used to
* derive the subquery root.
* @return the subquery DomainObject
*/
DomainObject createSubqueryDefinition(PathExpression path);
}