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// Contributors:
//     Gordon Yorke - Initial development
//
package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.querydef;

/**
 * <p>
 * <b>Purpose</b>: Represents a Selection in the Criteria API implementation hierarchy.
 * <p>
 * <b>Description</b>: An InternalSelection has the EclipseLink expression representation of the
 * Criteria API expressions.  A special interface was created because Subqueries can be selections but are not in the
 * ExpressionImpl hierarchy
 *
 * @see jakarta.persistence.criteria Expression
 *
 * @author gyorke
 * @since EclipseLink 1.2
 */
public interface InternalSelection{

    void findRootAndParameters(CommonAbstractCriteriaImpl criteriaQuery);

    org.eclipse.persistence.expressions.Expression getCurrentNode();

    boolean isFrom();
    boolean isRoot();
    boolean isConstructor();

}