Object which will be used to create valid parameter objects, field names, including prefix/postfix characters, and conversion routines, and field names, including prefix/postfix characters. Uses the strategy pattern so the generic code can work with more than one target database.

Field used in the comparison expression (SelfServicing).

Field used in the comparison expression (IEntityFieldCore).

Gets / sets the entity fields to include in the CONTAINS/FREETEXT fieldlist. List can contain EntityField or EntityField2 field objects.

The PredicateType of this instance. Used to determine the instance nature without a lot of casting.

Flag for setting the Predicate to negate itself, i.e. to add 'NOT' to its result.

Alias for the object the field belongs to. Used to identify which entity to use when the entity is present multiple times in a relation collection. Alias has to match an alias specified in the relation collection or should be left empty if no alias is specified (or no relation collection is used).

Gets / sets operatorToUse

The list of parameters created when the Predicate was translated to text usable in a query. Only valid after a succesful call to ToQueryText

Gets / sets the pattern to use in a Field LIKE Pattern clause.

Gets / sets persistenceInfo for field

Gets / sets persistenceInfosFieldsList

Returns true if the target of this predicate is a list of fields instead of a single field.