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+module Prism
+  module Orm
+    module Query
+      module Predicates
+        OPERATORS = {
+          eq: ->(actual, expected) { actual == expected },
+          ne: ->(actual, expected) { actual != expected },
+          gt: ->(actual, expected) { !actual.nil? && actual > expected },
+          gte: ->(actual, expected) { !actual.nil? && actual >= expected },
+          lt: ->(actual, expected) { !actual.nil? && actual < expected },
+          lte: ->(actual, expected) { !actual.nil? && actual <= expected },
+          in: ->(actual, expected) { Array(expected).include?(actual) },
+          not_in: ->(actual, expected) { !Array(expected).include?(actual) },
+          like: ->(actual, expected) { !actual.nil? && like_match?(actual, expected) },
+          not_like: ->(actual, expected) { !actual.nil? && !like_match?(actual, expected) }
+        }.freeze
+
+        class UnknownOperator < StandardError; end
+
+        def self.like_match?(actual, pattern)
+          source = '\A' + Regexp.escape(pattern.to_s).gsub('%', '.*').gsub('_', '.') + '\z'
+          actual.to_s.match?(Regexp.new(source, Regexp::IGNORECASE))
+        end
+
+        # Evaluates a single column's stored value against an expected
+        # matcher, which may be a scalar, Range, Array, Regexp, or a Hash
+        # of operator => value pairs (e.g. { gt: 5, lt: 10 }).
+        def self.evaluate(actual, expected)
+          case expected
+          when Hash
+            expected.all? { |operator, value| evaluate_operator(actual, operator, value) }
+          when Range
+            expected.cover?(actual)
+          when Regexp
+            !actual.nil? && actual.to_s.match?(expected)
+          when Array
+            expected.include?(actual)
+          else
+            actual == expected
+          end
+        end
+
+        def self.evaluate_operator(actual, operator, value)
+          operator = operator.to_sym
+          return value ? actual.nil? : !actual.nil? if operator == :is_null
+
+          fn = OPERATORS[operator]
+          raise UnknownOperator, "unknown query operator #{operator.inspect}" unless fn
+          fn.call(actual, value)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end