CR 2008, Universes, and report parameters....

All,
I would like to use a universe(s) as a data source for our crystal reports (CR 2008 - BOE 3.0/3.1). We have an application that collects the report parameters from users and then schedules the CR report using the JAVA API. My question is this:
what construct do I use in the universe to represent this statement in a where clause of the report query (I assume it's one of the @ functions):
where...
and loc_name in '(?locNameList)'
?locNameList is a multi-value parameter defined in the report.
Any comments, pointers to onlince documentation or examples, and book references would be appreciated.
thanks,pf

Paul,
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