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import java.sql.*;


/** A relational database table with controlled caching of rows.
  */
public interface CacheControlledTable
{

   // - C a c h e - C o n t r o l l e d - T a b l e --------------------------------------


    /** Writes and removes rows from the cache, reducing the cache to its skimmed (normal)
      * size.  If you are holding any row references of your own, you should drop them;
      * their data is apt to become stale if subsequently changed.
      */
    public void skimFlush() throws SQLException;



    /** Writes all rows that have unwritten changes.  Removes no row from the cache.
      */
    public void writeAll() throws SQLException;


}