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#ifndef TransactionFactory_h__
#define TransactionFactory_h__

#include "nsISupports.h"

class EditTxn;

/**
 * This class instantiates and optionally recycles edit transactions
 * A recycler would be a separate static object, since this class does not get instantiated
 */
class TransactionFactory
{
protected:
  TransactionFactory();
  virtual ~TransactionFactory();

public:
  /** return a transaction object of aTxnType, refcounted 
    * @return NS_ERROR_NO_INTERFACE if aTxnType is unknown, 
    *         NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY if the allocations fails.
    */
  static nsresult GetNewTransaction(REFNSIID aTxnType, EditTxn **aResult);

};

#endif