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

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 * This file is part of the TYPO3 CMS project.
 *
 * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
 * of the License, or any later version.
 *
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 * LICENSE.txt file that was distributed with this source code.
 *
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/**
 * Selects a subset of the nodes in the repository based on node type.
 *
 * A selector selects every node in the repository, subject to access control
 * constraints, that satisfies at least one of the following conditions:
 *
 * the node's primary node type is nodeType, or
 * the node's primary node type is a subtype of nodeType, or
 * the node has a mixin node type that is nodeType, or
 * the node has a mixin node type that is a subtype of nodeType.
 */
interface SelectorInterface extends SourceInterface {

	/**
	 * Gets the name of the required node type.
	 *
	 * @return string the node type name; non-null
	 */
	public function getNodeTypeName();

	/**
	 * Gets the selector name.
	 * A selector's name can be used elsewhere in the query to identify the selector.
	 *
	 * @return string the selector name; non-null
	 */
	public function getSelectorName();
}
