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package org.apache.kafka.streams.state;

import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.StateStore;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.internals.StateStoreProvider;

/**
 * Used to enable querying of custom {@link StateStore} types via the
 * {@link org.apache.kafka.streams.KafkaStreams}
 * API.
 * @see QueryableStoreTypes
 *
 * @param <T>   The store type
 */
@InterfaceStability.Unstable
public interface QueryableStoreType<T> {

    /**
     * Called when searching for {@link StateStore}s to see if they
     * match the type expected by implementors of this interface
     * @param stateStore    The stateStore
     * @return true if it is a match
     */
    boolean accepts(final StateStore stateStore);

    /**
     * Create an instance of T (usually a facade) that developers can use
     * to query the underlying {@link StateStore}s
     * @param storeProvider     provides access to all the underlying StateStore instances
     * @param storeName         The name of the Store
     * @return  T usually a read-only interface over a StateStore @see {@link QueryableStoreTypes.KeyValueStoreType}
     */
    T create(final StateStoreProvider storeProvider, final String storeName);
}