Pootle.storage.api.IDatabase

Package Pootle :: Package storage :: Module api :: Class IDatabase

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Type IDatabase

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            IDatabase

A database.

This acts as the root of the content object hierarchy.

Its constructor may accept arbitrary arguments for configuration. TODO: unified way to open a database (a config parser object)?

Method Summary
	`commitTransaction(self)` Commit a transaction.
	`flush(self)` Flush modified data to the database.
	`refresh(self, obj)` Mark an object as expired.
	`rollbackTransaction(self)` Commit a transaction.
	`startTransaction(self)` Start a transaction.
Inherited from object
	`__init__(...)` x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature
	`__delattr__(...)` x.__delattr__('name') <==> del x.name
	`__getattribute__(...)` x.__getattribute__('name') <==> x.name
	`__hash__(x)` x.__hash__() <==> hash(x)
	`__new__(T, S, ...)` T.__new__(S, ...) -> a new object with type S, a subtype of T
	`__reduce__(...)` helper for pickle
	`__reduce_ex__(...)` helper for pickle
	`__repr__(x)` x.__repr__() <==> repr(x)
	`__setattr__(...)` x.__setattr__('name', value) <==> x.name = value
	`__str__(x)` x.__str__() <==> str(x)

Class Variable Summary
`type`	`languages` = `Pootle.storage.api.IMapping`
`type`	`root` = `Pootle.storage.api.IFolder`

Method Details

commitTransaction(self)

Commit a transaction.

Does nothing if transactions are not supported.

flush(self)

Flush modified data to the database.

To be used when some attributes have been changed on an object. Not needed for TranslationUnits and TranslationStores, which have their own save() method.

refresh(self, obj)

Mark an object as expired.

Reloads the object from database. Call this on modified objects after performing a transaction rollback.

rollbackTransaction(self)

Commit a transaction.

Raises NotImplementedError if transactions are not supported.

startTransaction(self)

Start a transaction.

Does nothing if transactions are not supported.

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