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package com.intellij.openapi.components;
import com.intellij.util.xmlb.XmlSerializer;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
/**
* Every component which would like to persist its state across IDEA restarts
* should implement this interface.
*
* See <a href="http://confluence.jetbrains.net/display/IDEADEV/Persisting+State+of+Components">JetBrains WIKI</a>
* for detailed description.
*/
public interface PersistentStateComponent<T> {
/**
* @return a component state. All properties and public fields are serialized. Only values, which differ
* from default (i.e. the value of newly instantiated class) are serialized. <code>null</code> value indicates
* that no state should be stored
* @see XmlSerializer
*/
@Nullable
T getState();
/**
* This method is called when new component state is loaded. A component should expect this method
* to be called at any moment of its lifecycle. The method can and will be called several times, if
* config files were externally changed while IDEA running.
* @param state loaded component state
* @see com.intellij.util.xmlb.XmlSerializerUtil#copyBean(Object, Object)
*/
void loadState(T state);
}