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 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
 *
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package org.hibernate.query.criteria.internal;
import javax.persistence.criteria.Selection;

Contract for query components capable of eirther being a parameter or containing parameters.
Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * Contract for query components capable of eirther being a parameter or containing parameters.
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface ParameterContainer {
	
Register any parameters contained within this query component with the given registry.
Params:
registry – The parameter registry with which to register./**
	 * Register any parameters contained within this query component with the given registry.
	 *
	 * @param registry The parameter registry with which to register.
	 */
	public void registerParameters(ParameterRegistry registry);

	
Helper to deal with potential parameter container nodes.
/**
	 * Helper to deal with potential parameter container nodes.
	 */
	public static class Helper {
		public static void possibleParameter(Selection selection, ParameterRegistry registry) {
			if ( ParameterContainer.class.isInstance( selection ) ) {
				( (ParameterContainer) selection ).registerParameters( registry );
			}
		}
	}
}