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package org.jetbrains.mps.openapi.persistence;
import org.jetbrains.mps.openapi.model.SModelId;
/**
* Factories that create SModelId. They are registered through PersistenceFacade and associated with model id types.
*/
public interface SModelIdFactory {
/**
* Given a serialized representation (without a type+colon prefix), creates an Immutable class.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if this factory can't parse given value
*/
SModelId create(String text);
}