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+# Copyright (C) 2007 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+
+"""Generic database object manager interface."""
+
+from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
+
+
+
+class IManaged(Interface):
+    """An object managed by an IManager."""
+
+    name = Attribute("""The name of the managed object.""")
+
+
+
+class IManager(Interface):
+    """Create and manage profiles."""
+
+    def create(name):
+        """Create and return a new IManaged object.
+
+        name is the unique name for this object.  Raises
+        ExistingManagedObjectError if an IManaged object with the given name
+        already exists.
+        """
+
+    def get(name):
+        """Return the named IManaged object.
+
+        Raises NoSuchManagedObjectError if the named IManaged object does not
+        exist.
+        """
+
+    def delete(name):
+        """Delete the named IManaged object.
+
+        Raises NoSuchManagedObjectError if the named IManaged object does not
+        exist.
+        """
+
+    iterator = Attribute(
+        """Return an iterator over the all the IManaged objects.""")