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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2000-2001,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3    * 
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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15   */
16  
17  package org.apache.jetspeed.services.db;
18  
19  import org.apache.turbine.services.Service;
20  
21  /***
22   * <P>This interface is a facade for all Jetspeed-DB related operations</P>
23   * 
24   * @author <a href="mailto:taylor@apache.org">David Sean Taylor</a>
25   * @version $Id: JetspeedDatabaseService.java,v 1.2 2004/02/23 03:28:10 jford Exp $
26   */
27  
28  public interface JetspeedDatabaseService extends Service
29  {
30   
31      /*** The name of this service */
32      public String SERVICE_NAME = "JetspeedDatabase";
33  
34      /***
35       *  Returns a PersistenceManager for the the configured database service.
36       *  When JDO implementations are available, this method should return a JDO PersistenceManager interface.
37       *
38       * @return A PersistenceManager instance.
39       */
40      public Object getPersistenceManager();  // TODO: this should eventually be a JDO PersistenceManager, not an Object
41  
42  }