indexer-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/index/expr/SearchExpression.java

package org.apache.maven.index.expr;

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/**
 * SearchExpression is a wrapper interface for expressions representable as plain strings to be used within searches.
 * 
 * @author cstamas
 */
public interface SearchExpression
{
    /**
     * Returns the expression value as plain java String.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    String getStringValue();
}