/*
Copyright (C) 2016 maik.jablonski@jease.org
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package jfix.db4o.engine;
import java.util.Collection;
public interface PersistenceEngine {
/**
* Open the specified database.
*/
void open(String database);
/**
* Close the database.
*/
void close();
/**
* Create a backup of the database.
*/
void backup();
/**
* Save/Update the specified object in database.
*/
void save(Object object);
/**
* Delete specified object from database.
*/
void delete(Object object);
/**
* Begin transaction.
*/
void begin();
/**
* Commit transaction.
*/
void commit();
/**
* Rollback transaction.
*/
void rollback();
/**
* Deliver all objects stored within database.
*/
Collection<Object> query();
/**
* Return a directory where BLOBs should be stored.
*/
String getBlobDirectory();
}