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package org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.uri;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.edm.EdmProperty;

/**
 * An item of a $select system query option.
 * @org.apache.olingo.odata2.DoNotImplement
 * 
 */
public interface SelectItem {

  /**
   * <code>true</code> if select=*
   * @return <code>true</code> if select=*
   */
  public boolean isStar();

  /**
   * Gets the EDM property.
   * @return {@link EdmProperty} property of this select item
   */
  public EdmProperty getProperty();

  /**
   * Gets the navigation-property segments for this select item.
   * @return List of {@link NavigationPropertySegment} for this select item or Collection.EmptyList
   */
  public List<NavigationPropertySegment> getNavigationPropertySegments();

}
