Index: src/java/javax/jdo/QueryExecution.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package javax.jdo;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Interface defining the methods for executing a query.
+ * TODO Do parameters get passed in via these methods ? in which case we have to cater for named params (Map) and numbered params (array? or Map?)
+ */
+public interface QueryExecution {
+    /**
+     * Method to execute the query where there are (potentially) multiple rows and we are returning the candidate type.
+     */
+    <T> List<T> executeList();
+
+    /**
+     * Method to execute the query where there is a single row and we are returning the candidate type.
+     */
+    <T> T executeUnique();
+
+    /**
+     * Method to execute the query where there are (potentially) multiple rows and we are returning a result type for the specified result.
+     */
+    <R> List<R> executeResultList(Class<R> resultCls);
+
+    /**
+     * Method to execute the query where there is a single row and we are returning a result type for the specified result.
+     */
+    <R> R executeResultUnique(Class<R> resultCls);
+
+    /**
+     * Method to execute the query where there are (potentially) multiple rows and we have a result defined but no result class.
+     */
+    List<Object> executeResultList();
+
+    /**
+     * Method to execute the query where there is a single row and we have a result defined but no result class.
+     */
+    Object executeResultUnique();
+}