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package org.outerj.daisy.query;

import org.outerj.daisy.query.model.PredicateExpr;
import org.outerj.daisy.query.model.Query;
import org.outerj.daisy.query.model.Expression;
import org.outerj.daisy.repository.query.QueryException;

public interface QueryFactory {
    /**
     * Parses a predicate expression, i.e. the where part of query statement.
     *
     * <p>The returned condition will not yet have been "prepared", so you need
     * to call its prepare method yourself.
     */
    public PredicateExpr parsePredicateExpression(String expression) throws QueryException;

    /**
     * Parses an expression, the returned expression is either a PredicateExpr
     * or a ValueExpr.
     */
    public Expression parseExpression(String expression) throws QueryException;

    public Query parseQuery(String query) throws QueryException;
}