Interface IExpression<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The expression type

All Superinterfaces:

jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<T>, ISelection<T>, jakarta.persistence.criteria.Selection<T>, jakarta.persistence.TupleElement<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

IPredicate, PersistentAssociationPath<OwnerType, AssociatedEntityType>, PersistentCollectionAssociationPath<OwnerType, AssociatedEntityType>, PersistentEntityCollectionJoin<OwnerType, AssociatedEntityType>, PersistentEntityFrom<OwnerType, AssociatedEntityType>, PersistentEntityJoin<OwnerType, AssociatedEntityType>, PersistentEntityListJoin<OwnerType, AssociatedEntityType>, PersistentEntityPath<T>, PersistentEntityRoot<T>, PersistentEntitySetJoin<OwnerType, AssociatedEntityType>, PersistentListAssociationPath<OwnerType, AssociatedEntityType>, PersistentPropertyPath<T>, PersistentSetAssociationPath<OwnerType, AssociatedEntityType>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractExpression, AbstractPersistentEntityFrom, AbstractPersistentEntitySubquery, AbstractPersistentPropertyPredicate, AbstractPredicate, BetweenPredicate, BinaryExpression, BinaryPredicate, BoundPathParameterExpression, ConjunctionPredicate, DefaultEmbeddedPersistentPropertyPath, DefaultPersistentPropertyPath, DisjunctionPredicate, ExistsSubqueryPredicate, FunctionExpression, IdExpression, InPredicate, IParameterExpression, LikePredicate, LiteralExpression, NegatedPredicate, RenderablePredicate, SourceParameterExpressionImpl, SourceParameterStringExpressionImpl, SubqueryExpression, UnaryExpression, UnaryPredicate

public interface IExpression<T>
extends jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<T>, ISelection<T>

The internal implementation of Expression.

Since:

3.2

Author:

Denis Stepanov

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default <X> jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<X>	as(Class<X> type)
ExpressionType<T>	getExpressionType()
default Class<? extends T>	getJavaType()
default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate	in(jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<?>... values)
default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate	in(jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<Collection<?>> values)
default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate	in(Object... values)
default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate	in(Collection<?> values)
default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate	isNotNull()
default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate	isNull()
void	visitExpression(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor)	Visit the expression.
default void	visitSelection(SelectionVisitor selectionVisitor)	Visit the selection.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression

cast, equalTo, equalTo, notEqualTo, notEqualTo

Methods inherited from interface ISelection

alias, getAlias, getCompoundSelectionItems, isCompoundSelection

Method Details

getExpressionType

ExpressionType<T> getExpressionType()

Returns:

The expression type

getJavaType

default Class<? extends T> getJavaType()

Specified by:

getJavaType in interface jakarta.persistence.TupleElement<T>

isNull

default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate isNull()

Specified by:

isNull in interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<T>

isNotNull

default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate isNotNull()

Specified by:

isNotNull in interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<T>

in

default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate in(Object... values)

Specified by:

in in interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<T>

in

default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate in(jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<?>... values)

Specified by:

in in interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<T>

in

default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate in(Collection<?> values)

Specified by:

in in interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<T>

in

default jakarta.persistence.criteria.Predicate in(jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<Collection<?>> values)

Specified by:

in in interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<T>

as

default <X>
jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<X> as(Class<X> type)

Specified by:

as in interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression<T>

visitExpression

void visitExpression(ExpressionVisitor expressionVisitor)

Visit the expression.

Parameters:

expressionVisitor - The expression visitor

visitSelection

default void visitSelection(SelectionVisitor selectionVisitor)

Description copied from interface: ISelection

Visit the selection.

Specified by:

visitSelection in interface ISelection<T>

Parameters:

selectionVisitor - The visitor