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 * Copyright (c) 2010, Sebastian Sdorra
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package sonia.scm.store;

/**
 * The ConfigurationEntryStoreFactory can be used to create new or get existing
 * {@link ConfigurationEntryStore}s. <b>Note:</b> the default implementation 
 * uses the same location as the {@link StoreFactory}, so be sure that the 
 * store names are unique for all {@link ConfigurationEntryStore}s and 
 * {@link Store}s.
 * 
 * @author Sebastian Sdorra
 * @since 1.31
 * 
 * @apiviz.landmark
 * @apiviz.uses sonia.scm.store.ConfigurationEntryStore
 */
public interface ConfigurationEntryStoreFactory
{

  /**
   * Get an existing {@link ConfigurationEntryStore} or create a new one.
   *
   *
   * @param type type of the store objects
   * @param name name of the store
   * @param <T> type of the store objects
   *
   * @return {@link ConfigurationEntryStore} with given name and type
   */
  public <T> ConfigurationEntryStore<T> getStore(Class<T> type, String name);
}
