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- All Superinterfaces:
- Expression<Boolean>, Selection<Boolean>, TupleElement<Boolean>
- All Known Subinterfaces:
- CriteriaBuilder.In<T>
public interface Predicate extends Expression<Boolean>
The type of a simple or compound predicate: a conjunction or disjunction of restrictions. A simple predicate is considered to be a conjunction with a single conjunct.- Since:
- Java Persistence 2.0
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Nested Class Summary
Nested Classes Modifier and Type Interface and Description static class
Predicate.BooleanOperator
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description List<Expression<Boolean>>
getExpressions()
Return the top-level conjuncts or disjuncts of the predicate.Predicate.BooleanOperator
getOperator()
Return the boolean operator for the predicate.boolean
isNegated()
Whether the predicate has been created from another predicate by applying thePredicate.not()
method or theCriteriaBuilder.not()
method.Predicate
not()
Create a negation of the predicate.-
Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.criteria.Expression
as, in, in, in, in, isNotNull, isNull
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Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.criteria.Selection
alias, getCompoundSelectionItems, isCompoundSelection
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Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.TupleElement
getAlias, getJavaType
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Method Detail
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getOperator
Predicate.BooleanOperator getOperator()
Return the boolean operator for the predicate. If the predicate is simple, this isAND
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- boolean operator for the predicate
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isNegated
boolean isNegated()
Whether the predicate has been created from another predicate by applying thePredicate.not()
method or theCriteriaBuilder.not()
method.- Returns:
- boolean indicating if the predicate is a negated predicate
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getExpressions
List<Expression<Boolean>> getExpressions()
Return the top-level conjuncts or disjuncts of the predicate. Returns empty list if there are no top-level conjuncts or disjuncts of the predicate. Modifications to the list do not affect the query.- Returns:
- list of boolean expressions forming the predicate
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not
Predicate not()
Create a negation of the predicate.- Returns:
- negated predicate
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