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/**
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 *  '$RCSfile$'
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 *    Purpose: A Class that implements utility methods like:
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 *             1/ Reding all doctypes from db connection
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 *             2/ Reading DTD or Schema file from Metacat catalog system
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 *             3/ Reading Lore type Data Guide from db connection
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 *  Copyright: 2000 Regents of the University of California and the
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 *             National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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 *    Authors: Jivka Bojilova
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 *
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 *   '$Author$'
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 *     '$Date$'
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 * '$Revision$'
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 *
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 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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 * (at your option) any later version.
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 *
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 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 *
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 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
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 */
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package edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.service;
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/**
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 * A suite of utility classes for querying DB
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public abstract class BaseService {
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	public abstract boolean refreshable();
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	protected abstract void doRefresh();
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	public void refresh() {
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		if (refreshable()) {
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			doRefresh();
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		}
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	}
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}