<?php
/**
 * An abstract database access class for handling database I/O requests
 *
 * @see			DatabaseFrontendInterface - An interface for database frontends (front-end to the application)
 * @author		Roland Haeder <webmaster@mxchange.org>
 * @version		0.0.0
 * @copyright	Copyright(c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, this is free software
 * @license		GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
 * @link 		http://www.ship-simu.org
 *
 * 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 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
abstract class BaseDatabaseFrontend extends BaseFrameworkSystem implements DatabaseFrontendInterface, LimitableObject {
	/**
	 * The limiter instance
	 */
	private $limitInstance = null;

	/**
	 * Protected constructor
	 *
	 * @return	void
	 */
	protected function __construct($class) {
		// Call parent constructor
		parent::__construct($class);

		// Clean up a little
		$this->removeNumberFormaters();
	}

	/**
	 * Getter for limitation instance
	 *
	 * @return	$limitInstance		The instance to the object ObjectLimits
	 */
	public final function getLimitInstance () {
		return $this->limitInstance;
	}

	/**
	 * Setup limitation for the saving process
	 *
	 * @param		$limitInstance	An instance of ObjectLimits which contains
	 *						elements we shall exclusivly include in
	 *						saving process
	 * @return	void
	 */
	public final function limitObject (ObjectLimits $limitInstance) {
		// Get limitArray for validation
		$array = $limitInstance->getLimitArray();

		// Sanity-check if some limitations are in the object
		if ($array->count() > 0) {
			// Okay, there is enougth
			$this->limitInstance = $limitInstance;
		}
	}
}

// [EOF]
?>