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+/*
+  This file is part of TALER
+  (C) 2014, 2015 Christian Grothoff (and other contributing authors)
+
+  TALER 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 3, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+  TALER 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
+  TALER; see the file COPYING.  If not, If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+
+/**
+ * @file include/taler_merchantdb_lib.h
+ * @brief database helper functions used by the merchant backend
+ * @author Sree Harsha Totakura <sreeharsha@totakura.in>
+ */
+#ifndef TALER_MERCHANTDB_LIB_H
+#define TALER_MERCHANTDB_LIB_H
+
+#include <taler/taler_util.h>
+#include "taler_merchantdb_plugin.h"
+
+/**
+ * Handle to interact with the database.
+ */
+struct TALER_MERCHANTDB_Plugin;
+
+/**
+ * Connect to postgresql database
+ *
+ * @param cfg the configuration handle
+ * @return connection to the database; NULL upon error
+ */
+struct TALER_MERCHANTDB_Plugin *
+TALER_MERCHANTDB_plugin_load (const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg);
+
+
+/**
+ * Disconnect from the database
+ *
+ * @param dbh database handle to close
+ */
+void
+TALER_MERCHANTDB_plugin_unload (struct TALER_MERCHANTDB_Plugin *dbh);
+
+
+#endif  /* MERCHANT_DB_H */
+
+/* end of taler_merchantdb_lib.h */