net.cnri.repository.search

Interface Query

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeQuery, BooleanQuery, ElementAttributeQuery, MatchAllObjectsQuery, RawQuery, SyncingRepository.ModifiedSinceLastSyncQuery

public interface Query

A query for a repository. A query is defined by which objects match the query.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	accept(QueryVisitor<T> visitor) Returns the result of applying a QueryVisitor to this query.

Method Detail

accept

<T> T accept(QueryVisitor<T> visitor)
         throws RepositoryException

Returns the result of applying a QueryVisitor to this query. A QueryVisitor implementation will return different results based on the runtime type of the query. This allows the emulation of structural pattern matching over possible Query types.

Parameters:

visitor - the visitor

Returns:

the result of the visit

Throws:

RepositoryException