QueryEvaluable (InterMine 5.0.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

QueryNode, QueryOrderable, QuerySelectable

All Known Implementing Classes:

QueryCast, QueryExpression, QueryField, QueryForeignKey, QueryFunction, QueryValue, WidthBucketFunction
```
public interface QueryEvaluable
extends QueryNode
```
An element that can be evaluated for comparison (one that represents an atomic type)

Author:

Mark Woodbridge, Richard Smith, Matthew Wakeling

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getApproximateType()`	Returns an integer representing the approximate type of this QueryEvaluable, in the case where an accurate type cannot be ascertained.
`void`	`youAreType(java.lang.Class<?> cls)`	Allows a caller to suggest to this object that it holds a value of a certain type.

Methods inherited from interface org.intermine.objectstore.query.QueryOrderable
getType

Methods inherited from interface org.intermine.objectstore.query.QuerySelectable
getType

- Method Detail
  - youAreType
```
void youAreType(java.lang.Class<?> cls)
```
    Allows a caller to suggest to this object that it holds a value of a certain type. This method should only be called on objects which report their type to be UnknownTypeValue. Otherwise, this method will throw and exception.
    
    Parameters:
    
    cls - the Class of the type to be imposed on this object
  - getApproximateType
```
int getApproximateType()
```
    Returns an integer representing the approximate type of this QueryEvaluable, in the case where an accurate type cannot be ascertained.
    
    Returns:
    
    an int, as described in UnknownTypeValue