curator-framework/src/main/java/org/apache/curator/framework/api/ExistsBuilder.java

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package org.apache.curator.framework.api;

import org.apache.zookeeper.CreateMode;

public interface ExistsBuilder extends
    ExistsBuilderMain
{
    /**
     * Causes any parent nodes to get created using {@link CreateMode#CONTAINER} if they haven't already been.
     * IMPORTANT NOTE: container creation is a new feature in recent versions of ZooKeeper.
     * If the ZooKeeper version you're using does not support containers, the parent nodes
     * are created as ordinary PERSISTENT nodes.
     *
     * @return this
     */
    ExistsBuilderMain creatingParentContainersIfNeeded();
}