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1 /**
2  * JORM: an implementation of a generic mapping system for persistent Java
3  * objects. Two mapping are supported: to RDBMS and to binary files.
4  * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 France Telecom R&D - INRIA
5  *
6  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10  *
11  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15  *
16  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
18  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
19  *
20  * Contact: jorm-team@objectweb.org
21  *
22  */
23
24 package org.objectweb.jorm.facility.naming.generator;
25
26 import org.objectweb.jorm.api.PMapper;
27 import org.objectweb.jorm.api.PException;
28
29 /**
30  * Provides a means to allocates long identifiers generators.
31  * @author P. Dechamboux
32  */
33 public interface LongGenMgr {
34     /**
35      * Retrieves the mapper associated with this LongGenMgr.
36      */
37     PMapper getPMapper();
38
39     /**
40      * Initializes a long generator manager by mapping relevant classes
41      * to the given mapper, and setting up relevant initial persistent
42      * information.
43      */
44     void init(PMapper pm, byte clact) throws PException;
45
46     /**
47      * Retrieves a long generator with the given name. If it does not
48      * exist, creates it.
49      */
50     LongGen getLongGen(String JavaDoc lgname) throws PException;
51
52     LongGen getLongGen(String JavaDoc lgname, Object JavaDoc conn) throws PException;
53 }
54
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