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package uk.hfox.morphix.query;

import uk.hfox.morphix.connector.MorphixConnector;
import uk.hfox.morphix.query.result.QueryResult;

/**
 * Created by Harry on 28/11/2017.
 * <p>
 * Interface used to build connector-specific queries
 */
public interface QueryBuilder<T> {

    /**
     * Gets the connector used to query the database
     *
     * @return The connector used to query the database
     */
    MorphixConnector getConnector();

    /**
     * Gets the class output expected by this query
     *
     * @return The generic class
     */
    Class<T> getQueryType();

    /**
     * Create a field query for the specified field
     *
     * @param field The field to check
     *
     * @return The FieldQueryBuilder representing the specified field
     */
    FieldQueryBuilder<T> where(String field);

    /**
     * Creates a sort objective for the database you are using.
     * This will allow you to set DB specific mechanisms
     *
     * @return The empty sort objective
     */
    QuerySortBuilder<T, ?> sort();

    /**
     * Delete the resulting object(s) from the database
     */
    void delete();

    /**
     * Delete the resulting object(s) from the database, with the option of deleting just 1
     *
     * @param justOne true if only 1 object should be deleted, false otherwise
     */
    void delete(boolean justOne);

    /**
     * Get an iterable copy of the results given by the query
     *
     * @return An iterable set of results
     */
    QueryResult<T> result();

}

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