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1   /**
2    * Copyright 2005-2012 The Kuali Foundation
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15   */
16  package org.kuali.rice.core.api.criteria;
17  
18  import java.util.Set;
19  
20  
21  /**
22   * Represents an predicate which contains multiple {@link CriteriaValue}.
23   * 
24   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
25   */
26  public interface MultiValuedPredicate extends PropertyPathPredicate {
27  	
28  	/**
29  	 * Gets an immutable set of criteria values for this predicate.  All values should
30  	 * be of the same parameterized CriteriaValue type.  The returned set can
31  	 * be empty but should never be null.
32  	 * 
33  	 * @return the set of criteria values for this predicate
34  	 */
35  	Set<? extends CriteriaValue<?>> getValues();
36      
37  }