QueryBuilder (OpenJPA Parent POM 4.0.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

OpenJPAQueryBuilder

All Known Implementing Classes:

QueryBuilderImpl
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public interface QueryBuilder
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Factory interface for query definition objects

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`QueryDefinition`	`createQueryDefinition()`	Create an uninitialized query definition object.
`DomainObject`	`createQueryDefinition(java.lang.Class root)`	Create a query definition object with the given root.
`DomainObject`	`createSubqueryDefinition(PathExpression path)`	Create a query definition object whose root is derived from a domain object of the containing query.

- Method Detail
  - createQueryDefinition
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QueryDefinition createQueryDefinition()
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    Create an uninitialized query definition object.
    
    Returns:
    
    query definition instance
  - createQueryDefinition
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DomainObject createQueryDefinition(java.lang.Class root)
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    Create a query definition object with the given root. The root must be an entity class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cls - - an entity class
    
    Returns:
    
    root domain object
  - createSubqueryDefinition
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DomainObject createSubqueryDefinition(PathExpression path)
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    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.
    
    Parameters:
    
    path - - path expression corresponding to the domain object used to derive the subquery root.
    
    Returns:
    
    the subquery DomainObject