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+package FS::dbdef;
+
+use strict;
+use vars qw(@ISA);
+use Exporter;
+use Carp;
+use FreezeThaw qw(freeze thaw cmpStr);
+use FS::dbdef_table;
+use FS::dbdef_unique;
+use FS::dbdef_index;
+use FS::dbdef_column;
+
+@ISA = qw(Exporter);
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+FS::dbdef - Database objects
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+  use FS::dbdef;
+
+  $dbdef = new FS::dbdef (@dbdef_table_objects);
+  $dbdef = load FS::dbdef "filename";
+
+  $dbdef->save("filename");
+
+  $dbdef->addtable($dbdef_table_object);
+
+  @table_names = $dbdef->tables;
+
+  $FS_dbdef_table_object = $dbdef->table;
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+FS::dbdef objects are collections of FS::dbdef_table objects and represnt
+a database (a collection of tables).
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item new TABLE, TABLE, ...
+
+Creates a new FS::dbdef object
+
+=cut
+
+sub new {
+  my($proto,@tables)=@_;
+  my(%tables)=map  { $_->name, $_ } @tables; #check for duplicates?
+
+  my($class) = ref($proto) || $proto;
+  my($self) = {
+    'tables' => \%tables,
+  };
+
+  bless ($self, $class);
+
+}
+
+=item load FILENAME
+
+Loads an FS::dbdef object from a file.
+
+=cut
+
+sub load {
+  my($proto,$file)=@_; #use $proto ?
+  open(FILE,"<$file") or die "Can't open $file: $!";
+  my($string)=join('',<FILE>); #can $string have newlines?  pry not?
+  close FILE or die "Can't close $file: $!";
+  my($self)=thaw $string;
+  #no bless needed?
+  $self;
+}
+
+=item save FILENAME
+
+Saves an FS::dbdef object to a file.
+
+=cut
+
+sub save {
+  my($self,$file)=@_;
+  my($string)=freeze $self;
+  open(FILE,">$file") or die "Can't open $file: $!";
+  print FILE $string;
+  close FILE or die "Can't close file: $!";
+  my($check_self)=thaw $string;
+  die "Verify error: Can't freeze and thaw dbdef $self"
+    if (cmpStr($self,$check_self));
+}
+
+=item addtable TABLE
+
+Adds this FS::dbdef_table object.
+
+=cut
+
+sub addtable {
+  my($self,$table)=@_;
+  ${$self->{'tables'}}{$table->name}=$table; #check for dupliates?
+}
+
+=item tables 
+
+Returns the names of all tables.
+
+=cut
+
+sub tables {
+  my($self)=@_;
+  keys %{$self->{'tables'}};
+}
+
+=item table TABLENAME
+
+Returns the named FS::dbdef_table object.
+
+=cut
+
+sub table {
+  my($self,$table)=@_;
+  $self->{'tables'}->{$table};
+}
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+Each FS::dbdef object should have a name which corresponds to its name within
+the SQL database engine.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<FS::dbdef_table>, L<FS::Record>,
+
+=cut
+
+1;
+