ExposesMatch (Neo4j Cypher DSL (Core) 2020.0.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

StatementBuilder, StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingAndWith, StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingAndWithWithWhereAndOrder, StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere, StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithWhere, StatementBuilder.OrderableOngoingReadingAndWith, StatementBuilder.OrderableOngoingReadingAndWithWithoutWhere, StatementBuilder.OrderableOngoingReadingAndWithWithWhere
```
@API(status=EXPERIMENTAL,
     since="1.0")
public interface ExposesMatch
```
A step exposing a match(PatternElement...) method. This is one of the main entry points of most Cypher queries.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Michael J. Simons

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere`	`match(PatternElement... pattern)`	Adds (another) match clause.
`StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere`	`optionalMatch(PatternElement... pattern)`	Adds (another) optional match clause.

- Method Detail
  - match
```
StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere match(PatternElement... pattern)
```
    Adds (another) match clause.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - The patterns to match
    
    Returns:
    
    An ongoing match that is used to specify an optional where and a required return clause
  - optionalMatch
```
StatementBuilder.OngoingReadingWithoutWhere optionalMatch(PatternElement... pattern)
```
    Adds (another) optional match clause.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pattern - The patterns to match
    
    Returns:
    
    An ongoing match that is used to specify an optional where and a required return clause