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 2007-06-03  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsDb/_GrampsCursor.py: added
 	* src/Simple/__init__.py: add
 
 2007-06-01  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsCursor.py b/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsCursor.py
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+#
+# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2007  Donald N. Allingham
+#
+# 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+class GrampsCursor:
+    """
+    Provides a basic iterator that allows the user to cycle through
+    the elements in a particular map. A cursor should never be
+    directly instantiated. Instead, in should be created by the
+    database class.
+
+    A cursor should only be used for a single pass through the
+    database. If multiple passes are needed, multiple cursors
+    should be used.
+    """
+
+    def first(self):
+        """
+        Returns the first (index, data) pair in the database. This
+        should be called before the first call to next(). Note that
+        the data return is in the format of the serialized format
+        stored in the database, not in the more usable class object.
+        The data should be converted to a class using the class's
+        unserialize method.
+
+        If no data is available, None is returned.
+        """
+        return None
+
+    def next(self):
+        """
+        Returns the next (index, data) pair in the database. Like
+        the first() method, the data return is in the format of the
+        serialized format stored in the database, not in the more
+        usable class object. The data should be converted to a class
+        using the class's unserialize method.
+
+        None is returned when no more data is available.
+        """
+        return None
+
+    def close(self):
+        """
+        Closes the cursor. This should be called when the user is
+        finished using the cursor, freeing up the cursor's resources.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+    
+    def get_length(self):
+        """
+        Returns the number of records in the table referenced by the
+        cursor
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+