Kerosene ORM: a dynamic, configuration-less and self-adaptive ORM for POCO objects supporting a SQL-like syntax from C#

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namespace Kerosene.ORM.Direct
{
	using Kerosene.ORM.Core;
	using System;
	using System.Data;

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	/// <summary>
	/// Represents a direct connection or data context against an arbitrary underlying database, and acts as a
	/// factory to create specific objects adapted to it.
	/// </summary>
	public interface IKLinkDirect : IKLink
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Returns a new instance that is a copy of this original one.
		/// </summary>
		new IKLinkDirect Clone();

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets the engine that describes the characteristics of the underlying database this instance is associated
		/// with.
		/// </summary>
		new IKEngineDirect Engine { get; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets the transaction instance created for this link.
		/// </summary>
		new IKTransactionDirect Transaction { get; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets the actual connection string this link will use.
		/// <para>The setter accepts the actual connection string or the connection entry name to locate it.</para>
		/// </summary>
		string ConnectionString { get; set; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets (if possible) the server identification from the connection string.
		/// </summary>
		string Server { get; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets (if possible) the database identification from the connection string.
		/// </summary>
		string Database { get; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets the actual underlying connection in use by this link, or null if no connection has been created yet or if
		/// it has been closed.
		/// </summary>
		IDbConnection Connection { get; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Factory method to create an enumerator for the given command.
		/// <para>If the command's link is not the same as this one an exception is thrown.</para>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="command">The command.</param>
		new IKEnumeratorDirect CreateEnumerator(IKEnumerable command);

		/// <summary>
		/// Factory method to create an executor for the given command.
		/// <para>If the command's link is not the same as this one an exception is thrown.</para>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="command">The command.</param>
		new IKExecutorDirect CreateExecutor(IKExecutable command);
	}
}
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