1 package org.odbms;
2
3 /* Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
4 *
5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
8 *
9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10 *
11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15 * limitations under the License.
16 */
17
18 /**
19 * database engine interface.
20 * <br><br>The <code>ObjectContainer</code> interface provides all functions
21 * to store, retrieve and delete objects and to change object state.
22 */
23 public interface ObjectContainer
24 {
25
26 /**
27 * factory method to create a new <a href="Query.html">
28 * <code>Query</code></a> object.
29 * @return a new Query object
30 */
31 public Query query();
32 }