source: SRUServer/trunk/src/main/java/eu/clarin/sru/server/SRUQuery.java @ 7269

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package eu.clarin.sru.server;

/**
 * Holder class for a parsed query to be returned from a {@link SRUQueryParser}.
 *
 * @param <T> abstract syntax tree (object) for parsed queries.
 */
public interface SRUQuery<T> {

    /**
     * Get the short name for this parsed query, e.g. "cql".
     *
     * @return the short name for the query
     */
    public String getQueryType();


    /**
     * Get the original query as a string.
     *
     * @return the original query
     */
    public String getRawQuery();


    /**
     * Get the parsed query as an abstract syntax tree.
     *
     * @return the parsed query as an abstract syntax tree.
     */
    public T getParsedQuery();

} // interface SRUQuery