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RDF2go is an implementation-independent Java API with the design goals: portability (hence the name), performance and ease of implementation. This project was started at FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe, Germany - www.fzi.de

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/**
 * LICENSE INFORMATION
 * 
 * Copyright 2005-2008 by FZI (http://www.fzi.de). Licensed under a BSD license
 * (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php)  = Max Völkel
 *  = FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe,
 * Germany  = 2010
 * 
 * Further project information at http://semanticweb.org/wiki/RDF2Go
 */

package org.ontoware.rdf2go.model.persistent;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.ontoware.rdf2go.exception.ModelRuntimeException;


/**
 * A persistent entity
 * 
 * @author voelkel
 * 
 */
public interface Persistent {
	
	/**
	 * persist all unsaved changes
	 * 
	 * @throws ModelRuntimeException TODO document
	 * @throws IOException if the underlying implementation encounters it
	 */
	public void save() throws ModelRuntimeException, IOException;
	
	/**
	 * load content from storage
	 * 
	 * @throws ModelRuntimeException, e.g. FileNotFoundException
	 * @throws IOException if the underlying implementation encounters it
	 */
	public void load() throws ModelRuntimeException, IOException;
	
}