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+package org.neo4j.rest.graphdb;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.neo4j.graphdb.Node;
+import org.neo4j.graphdb.RelationshipType;
+import org.neo4j.graphdb.Transaction;
+import org.neo4j.graphdb.event.KernelEventHandler;
+import org.neo4j.graphdb.event.TransactionEventHandler;
+import org.neo4j.kernel.AbstractGraphDatabase;
+
+abstract class AbstractRemoteDatabase extends AbstractGraphDatabase {
+    public Transaction beginTx() {
+        return new Transaction() {
+            public void success() {
+            }
+
+            public void finish() {
+
+            }
+
+            public void failure() {
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public <T> TransactionEventHandler<T> registerTransactionEventHandler( TransactionEventHandler<T> tTransactionEventHandler ) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    public <T> TransactionEventHandler<T> unregisterTransactionEventHandler( TransactionEventHandler<T> tTransactionEventHandler ) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    public KernelEventHandler registerKernelEventHandler( KernelEventHandler kernelEventHandler ) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    public KernelEventHandler unregisterKernelEventHandler( KernelEventHandler kernelEventHandler ) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+    
+    public boolean enableRemoteShell() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    public boolean enableRemoteShell( Map<String, Serializable> config ) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    public Iterable<Node> getAllNodes() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+  
+    public Iterable<RelationshipType> getRelationshipTypes() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public <T> T getManagementBean(Class<T> type) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    
+    public void shutdown() {
+    }
+    
+}