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  package org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.facets.properties.searchable;
  
  import org.apache.causeway.core.metamodel.facetapi.Facet;
  
  /**
   * Indicates that this property should be used as part of a generic searching
   * capability (for example, query by example).
   *
   * <p>
   * In the standard Apache Causeway Programming Model, corresponds to annotating the
   * property with the <tt>@Searchable</tt> annotation.
   *
   * <p>
   * TODO: not yet implemented by the framework or any viewer. Originally
   * introduced for the adapterrcp.sourceforge.net viewer as an extension point
   * plug-in for the Search menu ( <tt>org.eclipse.search.searchPages</tt>).
   */
  public interface SearchableFacet extends Facet {
  
      /**
       * The (class of the) repository to delegate to.
       */
      public Class<?> repository();
  
      /**
       * Whether this is a query by example search.
       */
      public boolean queryByExample();
  
  }
  