atg.repository
Interface QueryExpression

All Known Subinterfaces:

Query

All Known Implementing Classes:

Builder.GroupPropertyExpression

public interface QueryExpression

A non-specific definition of a subpiece of a query. Each implementation of a Repository will have it's own representation of what a query is. These objects are meant to be immutable and are used as a bridge between building an entire query and the execution of it.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

CLASS_VERSION

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getQueryOperation() Returns a textual representation of the type of query operation the class performs.
java.lang.String	getQueryRepresentation() Returns a human readable representation of the query operation
boolean	isNoop() If this QueryExpression has no effect on the results of the query of which this is a part.
void	setNoop(boolean pNoop) set this QueryExpression to be a no-operation expression.

Field Detail

CLASS_VERSION

static final java.lang.String CLASS_VERSION

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getQueryOperation

java.lang.String getQueryOperation()

Returns a textual representation of the type of query operation the class performs. (for example: elementAt, count, etc)

getQueryRepresentation

java.lang.String getQueryRepresentation()

Returns a human readable representation of the query operation

isNoop

boolean isNoop()

If this QueryExpression has no effect on the results of the query of which this is a part.

Returns:

setNoop

void setNoop(boolean pNoop)

set this QueryExpression to be a no-operation expression.

Parameters:

pNoop -