| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2012, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, |
| * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause |
| */ |
| |
| // Contributors: |
| // Oracle - initial API and implementation |
| package org.eclipse.persistence.jpa; |
| |
| |
| import jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression; |
| |
| /** |
| * PUBLIC: |
| * EclipseLInk specific JPA Criteria interface. Provides the functionality defined in |
| * jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder and adds EclipseLink specific |
| * functionality. |
| */ |
| public interface JpaCriteriaBuilder extends jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder { |
| |
| /** |
| * ADVANCED: |
| * Allow a Criteria Expression to be built from a EclipseLink native API Expression object. |
| * This allows for an extended functionality supported in EclipseLink Expressions to be used in Criteria. |
| */ |
| <T> Expression<T> fromExpression(org.eclipse.persistence.expressions.Expression expression, Class<T> type); |
| |
| /** |
| * ADVANCED: |
| * Allow a Criteria Expression to be built from a EclipseLink native API Expression object. |
| * This allows for an extended functionality supported in EclipseLink Expressions to be used in Criteria. |
| */ |
| Expression fromExpression(org.eclipse.persistence.expressions.Expression expression); |
| |
| /** |
| * ADVANCED: |
| * Allow a Criteria Expression to be converted to a EclipseLink native API Expression object. |
| * This allows for roots and paths defined in the Criteria to be used with EclipseLink native API Expresions. |
| */ |
| org.eclipse.persistence.expressions.Expression toExpression(Expression expression); |
| |
| } |