01: /**
02: * Copyright 2006 Webmedia Group Ltd.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: **/package org.araneaframework.backend.list.helper.builder;
16:
17: import org.araneaframework.backend.list.SqlExpression;
18: import org.araneaframework.backend.list.memorybased.Expression;
19:
20: /**
21: * General interface for translating <code>Expression</code> hierarchy into
22: * <code>SqlExpression</code>.
23: */
24: public interface ExpressionToSqlExprBuilder {
25: /**
26: * Builds <code>SqlExpression</code> from <code>Expression</code>.
27: *
28: * @param expression
29: * <code>Expression</code>.
30: * @return <code>SqlExpression</code> built from the
31: * <code>Expression</code>.
32: */
33: SqlExpression buildSqlExpression(Expression expression);
34: }
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