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 * Copyright (C) 2009 eXo Platform SAS.
 *
 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
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 *
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */
package org.etk.component.database;


import java.sql.Connection;

import org.etk.component.base.transaction.TransactionService;

/**
 * Created by The eXo Platform SAS Author : Tuan Nguyen
 * tuan08@users.sourceforge.net Apr 4, 2006 This service should provide a single
 * interface to access the diffent datasource.
 */
public interface DatabaseService
{

   /**
    * This method should return the default datasource of the application
    * 
    * @return
    * @throws Exception
    */
   public ExoDatasource getDatasource() throws Exception;

   /**
    * This method should look up the datasouce by the datasource name and return.
    * If the datasource is not found then the method should return null
    * 
    * @param dsname
    * @return
    * @throws Exception
    */
   public ExoDatasource getDatasource(String dsname) throws Exception;

   // TODO: This method should be removed and used the getDataSource method
   public Connection getConnection() throws Exception;

   // TODO: This method should be removed and used the getDataSource method
   public Connection getConnection(String dsName) throws Exception;

   // TODO: This method should be removed and used the getDataSource method
   public void closeConnection(Connection conn) throws Exception;

   /**
    * This method should return the transaction service
    * 
    * @return
    * @throws Exception
    */
   public TransactionService getTransactionService() throws Exception;

}