net.sf.mmm.util.query.api.path

Interface PathRoot<E>

Type Parameters:

E - the generic type of the prototype.

All Superinterfaces:

AttributeReadName, PathFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

EntityAlias<E>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPathRoot, Alias

public interface PathRoot<E>
extends PathFactory, AttributeReadName

This is the root element of a Path. It is typically an EntityAlias or a Variable. A PathRoot itself is NOT an instance of Path.

Since:

8.0.0

Author:

hohwille

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
E	getPrototype()

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.util.query.api.path.PathFactory

to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.util.lang.api.attribute.AttributeReadName

getName

Method Detail

getPrototype

E getPrototype()

Returns:

the prototype of this root. May be null.