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package org.apereo.portal.groups;
/**
* Factory interface for creating an <code>IEntityGroupStore</code>.
*
*/
public interface IEntityGroupStoreFactory {
/**
* @return IEntityGroupStore
* @throws GroupsException
*/
public IEntityGroupStore newGroupStore() throws GroupsException;
/**
* Factory method takes a service descriptor parm, which lets the factory customize the store.
*
* @param svcDescriptor
* @return IEntityGroupStore
* @throws GroupsException
*/
public IEntityGroupStore newGroupStore(ComponentGroupServiceDescriptor svcDescriptor)
throws GroupsException;
}