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package org.springframework.xd.store;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* To be implemented by repositories that know how to return a slice of their data.
*
* @author Eric Bottard
*/
public interface RangeCapableRepository<T, ID extends Serializable & Comparable<ID>> {
/**
* Return entities whose ids range between {@code from} and {@code to}. Note that it is possible that entities with
* those exact ids do not exist. If they do exist, the two boolean parameters control whether to include those
* results or not. A query from {@code x} to {@code x} returns an empty result, unless both {@code fromInclusive}
* and {@code toInclusive} are true.
*/
public Iterable<T> findAllInRange(ID from, boolean fromInclusive, ID to, boolean toInclusive);
}