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 *  Copyright (C) 2010 Brian Aker
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#pragma once

#include <drizzled/plugin/plugin.h>
#include <drizzled/identifier.h>
#include <drizzled/catalog/instance.h>
#include <drizzled/catalog/engine.h>

#include <drizzled/visibility.h>

namespace drizzled
{
namespace plugin
{

/* 
  This object handles the aggregate of all operations for any/all of the Catalog engines.
*/
class DRIZZLED_API Catalog : public Plugin 
{
public:
  typedef std::vector<Catalog *> vector;

  explicit Catalog(std::string name_arg) :
    Plugin(name_arg, "Catalog")
  {}

  virtual catalog::Engine::shared_ptr engine()= 0;

  static bool create(const identifier::Catalog&);
  static bool create(const identifier::Catalog&, message::catalog::shared_ptr &);
  static bool drop(const identifier::Catalog&);

  static bool lock(const identifier::Catalog&);
  static bool unlock(const identifier::Catalog&);

  // Required for plugin interface
  static bool addPlugin(plugin::Catalog *plugin);
  static void removePlugin(plugin::Catalog *plugin);

  // Get Meta information
  static bool exist(const identifier::Catalog&);
  static void getIdentifiers(identifier::catalog::vector &identifiers);
  static void getMessages(message::catalog::vector &messages);
  static message::catalog::shared_ptr getMessage(const identifier::Catalog&);

  // Get Instance
  static catalog::Instance::shared_ptr getInstance(const identifier::Catalog&);
};

} /* namespace plugin */
} /* namespace drizzled */

