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| package org.apache.vysper.storage; |
| |
| /** |
| * This registry bundles storage providers. It is primarily intended for |
| * grouping for one kind of underlying storage, for example in-memory, SQL |
| * or JCR, but custom mixed collections are possible. |
| * |
| * @author The Apache MINA Project (dev@mina.apache.org) |
| */ |
| public interface StorageProviderRegistry { |
| |
| /** |
| * access the ready-to-go storage provider instance implementing the |
| * given interface |
| * @param clazz a class implementing StorageProvider |
| * @return the fully initialized storage provider |
| */ |
| <T extends StorageProvider> T retrieve(Class<T> clazz); |
| |
| /** |
| * adds a storage provider implementation to the registry |
| * @param storageProvider |
| */ |
| void add(StorageProvider storageProvider); |
| |
| /** |
| * adds a storage provider implementaton to the registry |
| * the registry is responsible for instantiating the given class |
| * @param storageProviderFullQualifiedClassname fully qualified |
| * class name of the implementation. the implementation must have a public |
| * no-argument constructor |
| */ |
| void add(String storageProviderFullQualifiedClassname); |
| } |