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package org.jetbrains.mps.openapi.persistence;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
/**
* Factories which create model roots.
* They are registered through {@link PersistenceFacade}.
* E.g. in the case of model roots associated with files there might be
* different factories associated with one or more file types.
*
* @see ModelRoot
*/
public interface ModelRootFactory {
/**
* Creates a model root, typical factory pattern.
* Newly created model root is supposed to initialized with
* {@link ModelRoot#load(Memento)}
*
* @return a new model root
*/
@NotNull ModelRoot create();
}