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package org.springframework.data.repository.query;

import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

/**
 * Interface for a query abstraction.
 *
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 * @author Christoph Strobl
 */
public interface RepositoryQuery {

	/**
	 * Executes the {@link RepositoryQuery} with the given parameters.
	 *
	 * @param parameters must not be {@literal null}.
	 * @return execution result. Can be {@literal null}.
	 */
	@Nullable
	Object execute(Object[] parameters);

	/**
	 * Returns the related {@link QueryMethod}.
	 *
	 * @return never {@literal null}.
	 */
	QueryMethod getQueryMethod();
}
