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19 package com.mysql.clusterj.query;
21 /** QueryDefinition allows users to define queries.
24 public interface QueryDefinition<E> {
26 /** Specify the predicate to satisfy the query.
28 * @param predicate the Predicate
29 * @return this query definition
31 QueryDefinition<E> where (Predicate predicate);
33 /** Specify a parameter for the query.
35 * @param parameterName the name of the parameter
36 * @return the PredicateOperand representing the parameter
38 PredicateOperand param(String parameterName);
40 /** Convenience method to negate a predicate.
41 * @param predicate the predicate to negate
42 * @return the inverted predicate
44 public Predicate not(Predicate predicate);