StorageIF (Ontopia)

All Known Implementing Classes:

RDBMSStorage
```
public interface StorageIF
```
INTERNAL: Interface for accessing storage definitions.
This class is similar to the JDO PersistenceManagerFactory interface.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	INTERNAL: Closes the storage definition, which allows it to free its resources.
`TransactionIF`	`createTransaction(boolean readonly)`	INTERNAL: Creates a new storage access instance.
`EvictableIF`	`getHelperObject(int identifier, IdentityIF namespace)`	INTERNAL: Returns the shared caches.
`RDBMSMapping`	`getMapping()`	INTERNAL: Returns the optimized object relational mapping declaration.
`Map<String,String>`	`getProperties()`	INTERNAL: Gets the properties held by the storage.
`String`	`getProperty(String property)`	INTERNAL: Gets the value of the specified storage property.
`StorageCacheIF`	`getStorageCache()`	INTERNAL: Returns the shared storage cache, if any.
`boolean`	`isSharedCache()`	INTERNAL: Returns true if shared cache is enabled.
`void`	`notifyCluster()`	INTERNAL: Notify cluster that transaction has been committed, so that batched cluster events can be broadcasted.

- Method Detail
  - getMapping
```
RDBMSMapping getMapping()
```
    INTERNAL: Returns the optimized object relational mapping declaration.
  - isSharedCache
```
boolean isSharedCache()
```
    INTERNAL: Returns true if shared cache is enabled.
  - getStorageCache
```
StorageCacheIF getStorageCache()
```
    INTERNAL: Returns the shared storage cache, if any.
  - getHelperObject
```
EvictableIF getHelperObject(int identifier,
                            IdentityIF namespace)
```
    INTERNAL: Returns the shared caches.
  - notifyCluster
```
void notifyCluster()
```
    INTERNAL: Notify cluster that transaction has been committed, so that batched cluster events can be broadcasted.
  - createTransaction
```
TransactionIF createTransaction(boolean readonly)
```
    INTERNAL: Creates a new storage access instance.
  - getProperties
```
Map<String,String> getProperties()
```
    INTERNAL: Gets the properties held by the storage.
  - getProperty
```
String getProperty(String property)
```
    INTERNAL: Gets the value of the specified storage property.
  - close
```
void close()
```
    INTERNAL: Closes the storage definition, which allows it to free its resources.