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package sonia.scm.store;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.function.Predicate;

/**
 * A ConfigurationEntryStore can be used to store multiple entries of structured
 * configuration data. <b>Note:</b> the default implementation use JAXB to
 * marshall the items.
 *
 * @author Sebastian Sdorra
 *
 * @param <V> store value type
 * @since 1.31
 */
public interface ConfigurationEntryStore<V> extends DataStore<V> {

  /**
   * Return all values matching the given {@link Predicate}.
   *
   *
   * @param predicate predicate to match values
   *
   * @return filtered collection of values
   */
  Collection<V> getMatchingValues(Predicate<V> predicate);
}
