/* $Id$ */
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package org.apache.manifoldcf.core.interfaces;
/** Objects derived from this class can function as database parameters or as results. In
* both cases, they must be managed specially because they are potentially backed by disk files,
* and the data within is treated as a stream (of something) rather than a scalar piece of data.
*/
public abstract class PersistentDatabaseObject
{
public static final String _rcsid = "@(#)$Id$";
/** Construct from nothing.
*/
public PersistentDatabaseObject()
{
}
/** Close any open streams, but do NOT remove the backing object.
* Thus the stream can be reopened in the future. */
public abstract void doneWithStream()
throws ManifoldCFException;
/** Discard this object permanently */
public abstract void discard()
throws ManifoldCFException;
}