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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 org.apache.qpid.server.configuration.ConfigurationEntryStore;
+import org.apache.qpid.server.configuration.IllegalConfigurationException;
+
+
+public interface ConfigurationStoreFactory
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the type of the store this factory can create
+     */
+    public String getStoreType();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates and opens the store from a given location using initial store if provided.
+     * <p>
+     * If location does not exists than a new store is created either empty or from the initial store if it is provided
+     *
+     * @param storeLocation store location
+     * @param initialStore initial store
+     * @throws IllegalConfigurationException if store cannot be opened in the given location
+     */
+    public ConfigurationEntryStore createStore(String storeLocation, ConfigurationEntryStore initialStore);
+}