PagingAndSortingRepository.java

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package org.springframework.data.repository;

import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;

/**
 * Extension of {@link CrudRepository} to provide additional methods to retrieve entities using the pagination and
 * sorting abstraction.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 * @see Sort
 * @see Pageable
 * @see Page
 */
@NoRepositoryBean
public interface PagingAndSortingRepository<T, ID> extends CrudRepository<T, ID> {

	/**
	 * Returns all entities sorted by the given options.
	 * 
	 * @param sort
	 * @return all entities sorted by the given options
	 */
	Iterable<T> findAll(Sort sort);

	/**
	 * Returns a {@link Page} of entities meeting the paging restriction provided in the {@code Pageable} object.
	 * 
	 * @param pageable
	 * @return a page of entities
	 */
	<S extends Sort> Page<T> findAll(Pageable pageable);
}