/*
// $Id: //open/dev/farrago/src/org/eigenbase/jmi/JmiQueryProcessor.java#6 $
// Package org.eigenbase is a class library of data management components.
// Copyright (C) 2005-2009 The Eigenbase Project
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package org.eigenbase.jmi;

import java.util.*;

import javax.jmi.reflect.*;

// REVIEW jvs 21-May-2005:  Make this a heavyweight allocation?


/**
 * JmiQueryProcessor defines an interface for preparing and executing queries
 * against JMI data. It does not specify the actual query language to use.
 *
 * @author John V. Sichi
 * @version $Id: //open/dev/farrago/src/org/eigenbase/jmi/JmiQueryProcessor.java#6 $
 */
public interface JmiQueryProcessor
{
    //~ Methods ----------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Prepares a query for execution.
     *
     * @param modelView a view of the model to be queried
     * @param query the text of the query (expected language is
     * implementation-dependent)
     *
     * @return reference to prepared query
     */
    public JmiPreparedQuery prepare(JmiModelView modelView, String query)
        throws JmiQueryException;
}

// End JmiQueryProcessor.java
