RepositoryFactory.java

/*   
 *   CATMA Computer Aided Text Markup and Analysis
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package de.catma.document.repository;

import java.util.Properties;

import de.catma.backgroundservice.BackgroundServiceProvider;
import de.catma.tag.TagManager;

/**
 * Creates a repository.
 * 
 * @author marco.petris@web.de
 *
 */
public interface RepositoryFactory {

	/**
	 * @param backgroundServiceProvider 
	 * @param tagManager
	 * @param properties Properties with keys from see {@link RepositoryPropertyKey}.
	 * @param index the index of the index-based properties, see {@link RepositoryPropertyKey}. 
	 * @return the new Repository
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	Repository createRepository(
		BackgroundServiceProvider backgroundServiceProvider, TagManager tagManager, 
		Properties properties, int index) throws Exception;
	
}