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package com.redhat.thermostat.storage.core;

import com.redhat.thermostat.shared.config.SSLConfiguration;
import com.redhat.thermostat.storage.config.StartupConfiguration;

/**
 * Factory for creating a new {@link Storage} instance.
 * 
 */
public interface StorageProvider {

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link Storage}.
     * 
     * @return The new instance.
     */
    Storage createStorage();

    /**
     * Sets the to-be-used configuration of this StorageProvider. Called prior
     * {@link StorageProvider#canHandleProtocol()}.
     * 
     * @param config
     * @param sslConf
     */
    void setConfig(String url, StorageCredentials creds, SSLConfiguration sslConf);

    /**
     * Method which determines if this StorageProvider can handle the given
     * protocol as set via
     * {@link StorageProvider#setConfig(StartupConfiguration)}.
     * 
     * <br/>
     * <br/>
     * <strong>Pre:</strong> Configuration has been set via
     * {@link StorageProvider#setConfig(StartupConfiguration)}.
     * 
     * @return true if this StorageProvider can handle the protocol prefix of
     *         the given StartupConfiguration. I.e.
     *         {@link StorageProvider#createStorage()} can be safely called
     *         given this config. false otherwise.
     */
    boolean canHandleProtocol();

}

