01: package org.odbms;
02:
03: /* Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
04: *
05: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
06: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
07: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
08: *
09: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15: * limitations under the License.
16: */
17:
18: /**
19: * database engine interface.
20: * <br><br>The <code>ObjectContainer</code> interface provides all functions
21: * to store, retrieve and delete objects and to change object state.
22: */
23: public interface ObjectContainer {
24:
25: /**
26: * factory method to create a new <a href="Query.html">
27: * <code>Query</code></a> object.
28: * @return a new Query object
29: */
30: public Query query();
31: }
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