public interface dbmsInterface

[Jeff Sonstein]

hello

I am working on some ideas about
user persistence for VNet servers
working in tandem with data-stores...
comments on the current state of the interface
(see below my signature block)
would be quite useful to me

the idea is to support:
  - creating new users
  - allowing for a default avatar at logon
  - allowing a user to save 
    the current position of their avatar
    and to resume that position at next logon
  - multiple VNet sites sharing the same user database

jeffs at the vrmLab

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there are just undocumented features

----------  begin code  --------
public interface dbmsInterface {
/*
    [as of 3/3/99]

    in the currently-under-way dbmsImplementation class
    each row in the table in the dbms will look like this:

      logName  String  (user name)
      password String  (unencrypted)
      avatar   String  (their default avatar URL)
      xPos     float   (default translation state at login)
      yPos     float
      zPos     float
      logState String
*/
  public void connectNow();
  public void disconnectNow();
  public Hashtable getVUser(String inName);
  public boolean setVUser(String inName, Hashtable newVUser);
  public String getPassword(String inName);
  public boolean setPassword(String inName, String newPassword);
  public String getAvatar(String inName);
  public boolean setAvatar(String inName, String newAvatar);
  public Vector getPosition(String inName);
  public boolean setPosition(String inName, Vector newPosition);
  public boolean getLogonState(String inName);
  public boolean setLogonState(String inName, boolean newState);
}