<?php

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namespace TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\Generic\Qom;

/**
 * Filters the set of tuples formed by evaluating the query's sources and
 * the joins between them.
 *
 * To be included in the query results, a tuple must satisfy the constraint.
 *
 * @internal only to be used within Extbase, not part of TYPO3 Core API.
 */
interface ConstraintInterface
{
    /**
     * Fills an array with the names of all bound variables in the constraints
     *
     * @param array $boundVariables
     */
    public function collectBoundVariableNames(&$boundVariables);
}