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: import org.mandarax.kernel.*;
21: import org.mandarax.util.logging.*;
22:
23: /**
24: * The knowledge base server allows applications to access knowledge bases
25: * using a jdbc like url. The protocol and location of the knowledge base should be encoded
26: * in the url. Examples:
27: * jdbc:mandarax:zkb1.0:c://test.zkb , jdbc:mandarax:ruleml0.8:c://test.ruleml
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 abstract class KnowledgeBaseServer implements LogCategories {
34: static KnowledgeBaseServer defaultInstance = new DefaultKnowledgeBaseServer();
35:
36: /**
37: * Get the knowledge base for the given url.
38: * @return a knowledge base
39: * @param url an URL
40: */
41: public abstract KnowledgeBase getKnowledgeBase(String url)
42: throws IllegalArgumentException,
43: CannotLoadKnowledgeBaseException;
44: }
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