01: package org.mandarax.jdbc.server;
02:
03: /*
04: * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 <a href="mailto:mandarax@jbdietrich.com">Jens Dietrich</a>
05: *
06: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
07: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
08: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
09: * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10: *
11: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15: *
16: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
18: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
19: */
20:
21: import org.mandarax.kernel.KnowledgeBase;
22:
23: /**
24: * A simple interface that can be used to obtain references to knowledge bases.
25: * This is used in mandarax urls with the following syntax:
26: * jdbc:mandarax:ref:classname:param , where classname is the name of a class implementing KnowledgeBaseRef
27: * Reflection is then used to instanciate this class and to obtain a knowledge base.
28: * @author <A HREF="mailto:mandarax@jbdietrich.com">Jens Dietrich</A>
29: * @version 3.3.2 <29 December 2004>
30: * @since 3.0
31: */
32:
33: public interface KnowledgeBaseFactory {
34: // protocol names
35: public static final String ZKB = "zkb";
36: public static final String XKB = "xkb";
37: public static final String REF = "ref";
38: public static final String REG = "reg";
39: public static final String RULE_ML = "ruleml";
40:
41: /**
42: * Get a knowledge base.
43: * @return a knowlegde base
44: * @param param the parameter string
45: * @throws an exception
46: */
47: public KnowledgeBase getKnowledgeBase(String param)
48: throws Exception;
49:
50: }
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