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+var DatabaseRecord = Class( 'DatabaseRecord',
+{
+    /* implicitly private */
+    _connection: null,
+
+
+    __construct: function( host, user, pass )
+    {
+        this._connection = this._connect( host, user, pass );
+    },
+
+    /* implicitly private */
+    _connect: function( host, user, pass )
+    {
+        // (do connection stuff)
+        return { host: host };
+    },
+
+    'protected query': function( query )
+    {
+        // perform query on this._connection, rather than exposing
+        // this._connection to subtypes
+    },
+
+    'protected escapeString': function( field )
+    {
+        return field.replace( "'", "\\'" );
+    },
+
+    /* public by default */
+    getName: function( id )
+    {
+        return this._query(
+            "SELECT name FROM users WHERE id = '" +
+            this._escapeString( id ) + "' LIMIT 1"
+        );
+    },
+} );