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+;;;; -*- Mode: LISP; Syntax: ANSI-Common-Lisp; Base: 10 -*-
+;;;; *************************************************************************
+;;;; FILE IDENTIFICATION
+;;;;
+;;;; Name: initialize.lisp
+;;;; Purpose: Initializion routines for backend
+;;;; Programmers: Kevin M. Rosenberg
+;;;; Date Started: May 2002
+;;;;
+;;;; $Id$
+;;;;
+;;;; This file, part of CLSQL, is Copyright (c) 2002-2004 by Kevin M. Rosenberg
+;;;; and Copyright (c) 1999-2001 by Pierre R. Mai
+;;;;
+;;;; CLSQL users are granted the rights to distribute and use this software
+;;;; as governed by the terms of the Lisp Lesser GNU Public License
+;;;; (http://opensource.franz.com/preamble.html), also known as the LLGPL.
+;;;; *************************************************************************
+
+(in-package #:clsql-sys)
+
+(defvar *loaded-database-types* nil
+ "Contains a list of database types which have been defined/loaded.")
+
+(defmethod database-type-load-foreign (x)
+ (error "No generic function defined for database-type-load-foreign with parameters of ~S" x))
+
+(defmethod database-type-load-foreign :after (database-type)
+ (when (database-type-library-loaded database-type)
+ (pushnew database-type *loaded-database-types*)))
+
+(defun reload-database-types ()
+ "Reloads any foreign code for the loaded database types after a dump."
+ (mapc #'database-type-load-foreign *loaded-database-types*))
+
+(defvar *default-database-type* nil
+ "Specifies the default type of database.")
+
+(defvar *initialized-database-types* nil
+ "Contains a list of database types which have been initialized by calls
+to initialize-database-type.")
+
+(defun initialize-database-type (&key (database-type *default-database-type*))
+ "Initialize the given database-type, if it is not already
+initialized, as indicated by `*initialized-database-types*'."
+ (when (member database-type *initialized-database-types*)
+ (return-from initialize-database-type database-type))
+
+ (let ((system (intern (concatenate 'string
+ (symbol-name '#:clsql-)
+ (symbol-name database-type)))))
+ (when (not (find-package system))
+ (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op system)))
+
+ (when (database-initialize-database-type database-type)
+ (push database-type *initialized-database-types*)
+ database-type))
+