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Initial checkin of blitz 2.0 fcs - no installer yet.
author Dan Creswell <dan.creswell@gmail.com>
date Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:00:06 +0000
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1 /*
2 The copyright of all source code included in this Prevayler distribution is
3 held by Klaus Wuestefeld, except the files that specifically state otherwise.
4 All rights are reserved. "PREVAYLER" is a trademark of Klaus Wuestefeld.
5
6
7 BSD License:
8
9 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
10 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
11
12 - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
13 list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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15 - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
16 this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
17 and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
18
19 - Neither the name of Prevayler nor the names of its contributors may be used
20 to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific
21 prior written permission.
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23
24 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
25 AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
26 IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
27 ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
28 LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
29 CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
30 SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
31 INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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34 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
35 */
36
37 package org.prevayler.implementation;
38
39 import java.util.Date;
40 import java.io.*;
41
42 import org.prevayler.*;
43
44 /** Provides transparent persistence for business objects.
45 * This applies to any deterministic system implementing the PrevalentSystem interface.
46 * All commands to the system must be represented as objects implementing the Command interface and must be executed using Prevayler.executeCommand(Command).
47 * Take a look at the demo application included with the Prevayler distribution for examples.
48 * @see PrevaylerFactory
49 */
50 public interface SnapshotPrevayler extends Prevayler {
51 /**
52 * This method prepares a snapshot of the system and returns it in a
53 * Snapshotter instance which can be used to save the snapshot to disk
54 * once dirty state has been sync'd to disk. If your application has no
55 * additional state, you can simply invoke on the Snapshotter immediately.
56 * @return Snapshotter to be used to save an appropriate snapshot post
57 * sync'ing of dirty state to disk.
58 * @see system()
59 * @throws IOException if there is trouble preparing the snapshot file.
60 */
61 public Snapshotter takeSnapshot() throws IOException;
62 }
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