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#pragma once

#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include <drizzled/identifier/catalog.h>
#include <drizzled/message/catalog.h>

namespace drizzled {
namespace plugin {

class Catalog;

} // namespace plugin
namespace catalog {

class Engine
{
public:
  typedef boost::shared_ptr<Engine> shared_ptr;
  typedef std::vector<shared_ptr> vector;

protected:
  friend class drizzled::plugin::Catalog;

  Engine()
  { };

  virtual ~Engine()
  { };

  // DDL
  virtual bool create(identifier::Catalog::const_reference , message::catalog::shared_ptr &)= 0;
  virtual bool drop(identifier::Catalog::const_reference)= 0;

  // Get Meta information
  virtual bool exist(identifier::Catalog::const_reference identifier)= 0;
  virtual void getIdentifiers(identifier::Catalog::vector &identifiers)= 0;
  virtual message::catalog::shared_ptr getMessage(identifier::Catalog::const_reference)= 0;
  virtual void getMessages(message::catalog::vector &messages)= 0;
};

} /* namespace catalog */
} /* namespace drizzled */