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diff --git a/qpid/java/broker-core/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/server/plugin/MessageMetaDataType.java b/qpid/java/broker-core/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/server/plugin/MessageMetaDataType.java
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+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.server.plugin;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.message.ServerMessage;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.StorableMessageMetaData;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.store.StoredMessage;
+
+public interface MessageMetaDataType<M extends StorableMessageMetaData> extends Pluggable
+{
+
+    public static interface Factory<M extends StorableMessageMetaData>
+    {
+        M createMetaData(ByteBuffer buf);
+    }
+
+    public int ordinal();
+
+    public M createMetaData(ByteBuffer buf);
+
+    public ServerMessage<M> createMessage(StoredMessage<M> msg);
+
+}