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package org.apache.olingo.odata2.jpa.processor.api.jpql;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.olingo.odata2.jpa.processor.api.access.JPAJoinClause;

/**
 * The interface provide a view on JPQL Join Clauses.The interface is an
 * extension to JPQL select single context and provides methods for accessing
 * JPQL Join clauses. The view can be used for building JPQL statements without
 * any WHERE,ORDERBY clauses. The clauses are built from OData read entity
 * request views.
 * 
 * 
 * @see org.apache.olingo.odata2.jpa.processor.api.jpql.JPQLSelectSingleContextView
 * 
 */
public interface JPQLJoinSelectSingleContextView extends JPQLSelectSingleContextView {

  /**
   * The method returns a list of JPA Join Clauses. The returned list of
   * values can be used for building JPQL Statements with Join clauses.
   * 
   * @return a list of {@link org.apache.olingo.odata2.jpa.processor.api.access.JPAJoinClause}
   */
  public abstract List<JPAJoinClause> getJPAJoinClauses();
}
