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020package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.gclient;
021
022import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;
023
024public interface IUntypedQuery<T> {
025
026        IQuery<T> forAllResources();
027
028        IQuery<T> forResource(String theResourceName);
029
030        IQuery<T> forResource(Class<? extends IBaseResource> theClass);
031
032        /**
033         * Perform a search directly by URL. It is usually better to construct the URL using the {@link #forAllResources()}, {@link #forResource(Class)} etc, but sometimes it is useful to simply search by
034         * entering a search URL directly.
035         *
036         * @param theSearchUrl
037         *           The URL to search for. Note that this URL may be complete (e.g. "http://example.com/base/Patient?name=foo") in which case the client's base URL will be ignored. Or it can be relative
038         *           (e.g. "Patient?name=foo") in which case the client's base URL will be used.
039         */
040        IQuery<T> byUrl(String theSearchUrl);
041}