<?php
namespace TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\Generic\Qom;

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/**
 * Filters node-tuples based on the outcome of a binary operation.
 *
 * For any comparison, operand2 always evaluates to a scalar value. In contrast,
 * operand1 may evaluate to an array of values (for example, the value of a multi-valued
 * property), in which case the comparison is separately performed for each element
 * of the array, and the Comparison constraint is satisfied as a whole if the
 * comparison against any element of the array is satisfied.
 *
 * If operand1 and operand2 evaluate to values of different property types, the
 * value of operand2 is converted to the property type of the value of operand1.
 * If the type conversion fails, the query is invalid.
 *
 * If operator is not supported for the property type of operand1, the query is invalid.
 *
 * If operand1 evaluates to null (for example, if the operand evaluates the value
 * of a property which does not exist), the constraint is not satisfied.
 *
 * The JCR_OPERATOR_EQUAL_TO operator is satisfied only if the value of operand1
 * equals the value of operand2.
 *
 * The JCR_OPERATOR_NOT_EQUAL_TO operator is satisfied unless the value of
 * operand1 equals the value of operand2.
 *
 * The JCR_OPERATOR_LESSS_THAN operator is satisfied only if the value of
 * operand1 is ordered before the value of operand2.
 *
 * The JCR_OPERATOR_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO operator is satisfied unless the value
 * of operand1 is ordered after the value of operand2.
 *
 * The JCR_OPERATOR_GREATER_THAN operator is satisfied only if the value of
 * operand1 is ordered after the value of operand2.
 *
 * The JCR_OPERATOR_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO operator is satisfied unless the
 * value of operand1 is ordered before the value of operand2.
 *
 * The JCR_OPERATOR_LIKE operator is satisfied only if the value of operand1
 * matches the pattern specified by the value of operand2, where in the pattern:
 * the character "%" matches zero or more characters, and
 * the character "_" (underscore) matches exactly one character, and
 * the string "\x" matches the character "x", and
 * all other characters match themselves.
 *
 * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 or later
 */
interface ComparisonInterface extends ConstraintInterface {

	/**
	 * Gets the first operand.
	 *
	 * @return PropertyValueInterface the operand; non-null
	 */
	public function getOperand1();

	/**
	 * Gets the operator.
	 *
	 * @return string one of \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\QueryInterface::*
	 */
	public function getOperator();

	/**
	 * Gets the second operand.
	 *
	 * @return StaticOperandInterface the operand; non-null
	 */
	public function getOperand2();

	/**
	 * @param string $parameterIdentifier
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function setParameterIdentifier($parameterIdentifier);

	/**
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function getParameterIdentifier();
}
