/*
 *    DBHelper.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2008 New Zealand Digital Library, http://www.nzdl.org
 *
 *    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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 */
package org.greenstone.gsdl3.util;

import java.util.HashMap;

public class DBHelper
{
    protected static final HashMap<String, String> _extMap = new HashMap<String, String>();

    public static String getDBExtFromDBType(String dbtype)
    {
	String lc_dbtype = dbtype.toLowerCase();
	return _extMap.get(lc_dbtype);
    }

    /** @function registerDBTypeExt(String, String)
     *
     *  Given a database type name and the matching extension, register in
     *  the static hashmap of mappings.
     *
     *  @param dbtype a String containing the database type's name
     *  @param dbext a String containing the database type's extension
     *
     */
    public static void registerDBTypeExt(String dbtype, String dbext)
    {
	_extMap.put(dbtype, dbext);
    }
    /** registerDBTypeExt(String, String) **/
}