Source code for aiida.backends

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"""Module for implementations of database backends."""

BACKEND_DJANGO = 'django'
BACKEND_SQLA = 'sqlalchemy'


def get_backend_manager(backend):
    """Get an instance of the `BackendManager` for the current backend.

    :param backend: the type of the database backend
    :return: `BackendManager`
    """
    if backend == BACKEND_DJANGO:
        from aiida.backends.djsite.manager import DjangoBackendManager
        return DjangoBackendManager()

    if backend == BACKEND_SQLA:
        from aiida.backends.sqlalchemy.manager import SqlaBackendManager
        return SqlaBackendManager()

    raise Exception('unknown backend type `{}`'.format(backend))