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package org.apache.jetspeed.services.db;
import org.apache.turbine.services.Service;
/**
* <P>This interface is a facade for all Jetspeed-DB related operations</P>
*
* @author <a href="mailto:taylor@apache.org">David Sean Taylor</a>
* @version $Id: JetspeedDatabaseService.java,v 1.2 2004/02/23 03:28:10 jford Exp $
*/
public interface JetspeedDatabaseService extends Service
{
/** The name of this service */
public String SERVICE_NAME = "JetspeedDatabase";
/**
* Returns a PersistenceManager for the the configured database service.
* When JDO implementations are available, this method should return a JDO PersistenceManager interface.
*
* @return A PersistenceManager instance.
*/
public Object getPersistenceManager(); // TODO: this should eventually be a JDO PersistenceManager, not an Object
}