Package com.blazebit.persistence.criteria

Interface BlazeExpression<X>

Type Parameters:

X - The target type

All Superinterfaces:

Expression<X>, Selection<X>, TupleElement<X>

All Known Subinterfaces:

BlazeAggregateFunctionExpression<X>, BlazeCollectionJoin<Z,E>, BlazeFrom<Z,X>, BlazeFunctionExpression<X>, BlazeJoin<Z,X>, BlazeListJoin<Z,E>, BlazeMapJoin<Z,K,V>, BlazeOrderedSetAggregateFunctionExpression<X>, BlazePath<X>, BlazeRoot<X>, BlazeSetJoin<Z,E>, BlazeWindowFunctionExpression<X>

public interface BlazeExpression<X>
extends Expression<X>

An extended version of Expression.

Since:

1.2.0

Author:

Christian Beikov

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> BlazeExpression<T>	as(Class<T> type)	Like Expression.as(java.lang.Class<X>) but returns the subtype BlazeExpression instead.

Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.criteria.Expression

in, in, in, in, isNotNull, isNull

Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.criteria.Selection

alias, getCompoundSelectionItems, isCompoundSelection

Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.TupleElement

getAlias, getJavaType

Method Details

as

<T> BlazeExpression<T> as(Class<T> type)

Like Expression.as(java.lang.Class<X>) but returns the subtype BlazeExpression instead.

Specified by:

as in interface Expression<X>

Type Parameters:

T - The intended expression type

Parameters:

type - intended type of the expression

Returns:

A new expression of the given type