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package org.hibernate.loader.plan.spi;

import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
import org.hibernate.type.Type;

Represent a simple scalar return within a query result.  Generally this would be values of basic (String, Integer,
etc) or composite types.
Author:
Steve Ebersole, Gail Badner/**
 * Represent a simple scalar return within a query result.  Generally this would be values of basic (String, Integer,
 * etc) or composite types.
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 * @author Gail Badner
 */
public interface ScalarReturn extends Return {

	
Gets the name of the scalar return.
Returns:
The name of the scalar return./**
	 * Gets the name of the scalar return.
	 *
	 * @return The name of the scalar return.
	 */
	public String getName();

	
Gets the type of the scalar return.
Returns:
The type of the scalar return./**
	 * Gets the type of the scalar return.
	 *
	 * @return The type of the scalar return.
	 */
	public Type getType();
}