StorageProvider.java example

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/**
 * DataCleaner (community edition)
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Neopost - Customer Information Management
 *
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 */
package org.datacleaner.storage;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Configurable component which provides storage (for instance cached/persistent
 * or in-memory based) for collections and other types that are needed during
 * execution.
 */
public interface StorageProvider {

    <E> List<E> createList(Class<E> valueType) throws IllegalStateException;

    <E> Set<E> createSet(Class<E> valueType) throws IllegalStateException;

    <K, V> Map<K, V> createMap(Class<K> keyType, Class<V> valueType) throws IllegalStateException;

    RowAnnotationFactory createRowAnnotationFactory();
}