stack/corepersistence/common/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/core/astyanax/ColumnSearch.java

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package org.apache.usergrid.persistence.core.astyanax;


import com.netflix.astyanax.util.RangeBuilder;


/**
 *
 *
 */
public interface ColumnSearch<T> {

    /**
     * Set the start value supplied and the user supplied end value (if present)
     *
     * @param value The value to set in the start
     */
    public void buildRange( final RangeBuilder rangeBuilder, final T value );

    /**
     * Set the range builder with the user supplied start and finish
     */
    public void buildRange( final RangeBuilder rangeBuilder );

    /**
     * Return true if we should skip the first result
     * @return
     */
    public boolean skipFirst(final T first);
}