IStorer.java

/*
 * Copyright 2010 The Rabbit Eclipse Plug-in Project
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package rabbit.data.store;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Represents a storer that stores a particular type of objects.
 * 
 * @param <T> The object type.
 */
public interface IStorer<T> {

  /**
   * Stores the data.
   */
  void commit();

  /**
   * Insert a collection of objects to be stored.
   * @param collection The collection of objects.
   */
  void insert(Collection<? extends T> collection);

  /**
   * Inserts an object to be stored.
   * @param element The object.
   */
  void insert(T element);

}