geode-experimental-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/experimental/driver/Query.java

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package org.apache.geode.experimental.driver;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * This interface represents from the client-side the execution of a query on the server-side.
 *
 * @param <T> Type of result returned from the query. May differ from the key and value types
 *        of any involved regions.
 */
public interface Query<T> {
  /**
   * Executes this query with the specified parameters.
   *
   * @param bindParameters Optional list of bind parameters.
   * @return Possibly empty list of results from the query.
   * @throws IOException If an error occurred communicating with the distributed system.
   */
  List<T> execute(Object... bindParameters) throws IOException;
}