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package org.apache.kafka.streams.state;

import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.KeyValue;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.StateStore;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * A key-value store that supports put/get/delete and range queries.
 *
 * @param <K> The key type
 * @param <V> The value type
 */
@InterfaceStability.Unstable
public interface KeyValueStore<K, V> extends StateStore, ReadOnlyKeyValueStore<K, V> {

    /**
     * Update the value associated with this key
     *
     * @param key The key to associate the value to
     * @param value The value
     * @throws NullPointerException If null is used for key or value.
     */
    void put(K key, V value);

    /**
     * Update the value associated with this key, unless a value
     * is already associated with the key
     *
     * @param key The key to associate the value to
     * @param value The value
     * @return The old value or null if there is no such key.
     * @throws NullPointerException If null is used for key or value.
     */
    V putIfAbsent(K key, V value);

    /**
     * Update all the given key/value pairs
     *
     * @param entries A list of entries to put into the store.
     * @throws NullPointerException If null is used for any key or value.
     */
    void putAll(List<KeyValue<K, V>> entries);

    /**
     * Delete the value from the store (if there is one)
     *
     * @param key The key
     * @return The old value or null if there is no such key.
     * @throws NullPointerException If null is used for key.
     */
    V delete(K key);
}