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package org.camunda.bpm.engine.management;



/**
 * Allows programmatic querying of {@link TablePage}s.
 * 
 * @author Joram Barrez
 */
public interface TablePageQuery {
  
  /** 
   * The name of the table of which a page must be fetched. 
   */
  TablePageQuery tableName(String tableName);
  
  /**
   * Orders the resulting table page rows by the given column in ascending order. 
   */
  TablePageQuery orderAsc(String column);
  
  /**
   * Orders the resulting table page rows by the given column in descending order. 
   */
  TablePageQuery orderDesc(String column);
  
  /**
   * Executes the query and returns the {@link TablePage}. 
   */
  TablePage listPage(int firstResult, int maxResults);
}
