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package org.apache.jackrabbit.core.journal;
import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.spi.commons.namespace.NamespaceResolver;
/**
* Factory interface for creating {@link Journal} instances. Used
* to decouple the repository internals from the repository configuration
* mechanism.
*/
public interface JournalFactory {
/**
* Creates, initializes, and returns a {@link Journal} instance
* for use by the repository.
*
* @param resolver namespace resolver
* @return initialized journal
* @throws RepositoryException if the journal can not be created
*/
Journal getJournal(NamespaceResolver resolver) throws RepositoryException;
}