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+/**
+ * <copyright>
+ *
+ * Service Data Objects
+ * Version 2.1.0
+ * Licensed Materials
+ *
+ * (c) Copyright BEA Systems, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, 
+ * Oracle Corporation, Primeton Technologies Ltd., Rogue Wave Software, SAP AG., 
+ * Software AG., Sun Microsystems, Sybase Inc., Xcalia, Zend Technologies, 
+ * 2005, 2006. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * </copyright>
+ * 
+ */
+
+package commonj.sdo.helper;
+
+/**
+ * This interface represents a helper execution context.
+ * The set of helpers returned by the methods in this interface have visibility
+ * to the same SDO metadata, that is, they execute in the same "scope".
+ */
+public interface HelperContext
+{
+  /**
+   * Gets the CopyHelper to use in this context.
+   * @return a CopyHelper object
+   */
+  CopyHelper getCopyHelper();
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the DataFactory to use in this context.
+   * @return a DataFactory object
+   */
+  DataFactory getDataFactory();
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the DataHelper to use in this context.
+   * @return a DataHelper object
+   */
+  DataHelper getDataHelper();
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the EqualityHelper to use in this context.
+   * @return an EqualityHelper object
+   */
+  EqualityHelper getEqualityHelper();
+  
+  /**
+   * Gets the TypeHelper to use in this context.
+   * @return a TypeHelper object
+   */
+  TypeHelper getTypeHelper();
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the XMLHelper to use in this context.
+   * @return an XMLHelper object
+   */
+  XMLHelper getXMLHelper();
+  
+  /**
+   * Gets the XSDHelper to use in this context.
+   * @return an XSDHelper object
+   */
+  XSDHelper getXSDHelper();
+}