core/spi/src/main/java/org/qi4j/spi/entitystore/EntityStore.java

/*  Copyright 2007 Niclas Hedhman.
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package org.qi4j.spi.entitystore;

import org.qi4j.api.structure.Module;
import org.qi4j.api.usecase.Usecase;
import org.qi4j.io.Input;
import org.qi4j.spi.entity.EntityState;
import org.qi4j.spi.module.ModuleSpi;

/**
 * Interface that must be implemented by store for persistent state of EntityComposites.
 */
public interface EntityStore
{
    EntityStoreUnitOfWork newUnitOfWork( Usecase usecase, ModuleSpi module, long currentTime );

    Input<EntityState, EntityStoreException> entityStates( ModuleSpi module );
}