Candidate SourceCode GPL - https://github.com/iboxdb/db4o-gpl

All Known Subinterfaces:

InternalCandidate, ParentCandidate

All Known Implementing Classes:

QCandidate, QCandidateBase, QPrimitiveCandidate
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public interface Candidate
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Candidate for Evaluation callbacks.

During query execution all registered Evaluation callback handlers are called with Candidate proxies that represent the persistent objects that meet all other Query criteria.

A Candidate provides access to the query candidate object. It represents and allows to specify whether it is to be included in the query result

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`getObject()`	Returns the persistent object that is represented by this query `Candidate`.
`void`	`include(boolean flag)`	Specify whether the Candidate is to be included in the result This method may be called multiple times.
`ObjectContainer`	`objectContainer()`	Returns the object container the query is executed on

- Method Detail
  - getObject
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java.lang.Object getObject()
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    Returns the persistent object that is represented by this query Candidate.
    
    Returns:
    
    Object the persistent object.
  - include
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void include(boolean flag)
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    Specify whether the Candidate is to be included in the result
    
    This method may be called multiple times. The last call prevails.
    
    Parameters:
    
    flag - true to include that object. False otherwise.
  - objectContainer
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ObjectContainer objectContainer()
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    Returns the object container the query is executed on
    
    Returns:
    
    the ObjectContainer