package org.odbms;

 /* Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation

  *

  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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  */

 /**

  * database engine interface.

  * <br><br>The <code>ObjectContainer</code> interface provides all functions

  * to store, retrieve and delete objects and to change object state.

  */

 public interface ObjectContainer

 {

     /**

      * factory method to create a new <a href="Query.html">

      * <code>Query</code></a> object.

      * @return a new Query object

      */

     public Query query();

 }