Catalog.java

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package org.griphyn.vdl.dbschema;

/**
 * This interface groups different but related catalog subinterfaces.
 * <p>
 * The interface will require implementing classes to provide a constructor
 * that takes one String as only argument. The class may ignore the string
 * for now.
 * <p>
 * Subinterfaces are required to provide a constant PROPERTY_PREFIX. This
 * constant select the pieces of the <tt>vds.db.<i>catalog</i>.schema</tt>
 * property space that corresponds to the appropriate <i>catalog</i>.
 * 
 *
 * @author Jens-S. Vöckler
 * @author Yong Zhao
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public interface Catalog
{
  // empty
}