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+/**
+ * Orthanc - A Lightweight, RESTful DICOM Store
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Sebastien Jodogne, Medical Physics
+ * Department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Osimis S.A., Belgium
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Affero General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "IPrecompiledStatement.h"
+#include "ITransaction.h"
+#include "Query.h"
+
+namespace OrthancDatabases
+{
+  class IDatabase : public boost::noncopyable
+  {
+  public:
+    virtual ~IDatabase()
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual Dialect GetDialect() const = 0;
+
+    virtual IPrecompiledStatement* Compile(const Query& query) = 0;
+
+    virtual ITransaction* CreateTransaction() = 0;
+  };
+}