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package org.zend.sdklib.repository;
/**
* The IRepositoryLoader is an interface for the repository management system.
* It allows different environments to load repositories in a different way
*
* @author Roy, 2011
*/
public interface IRepositoryLoader {
/**
* Adds a repository to the system
*
* @param repository
* @return the repository representation or null in case the repository
* couldn't be added for example if any issue was found during
* persistence operations
*/
public IRepository add(IRepository repository);
/**
* @param repository
* @return
*/
public IRepository remove(IRepository repository);
/**
* Update an existing repository
*
* @param repository
* @return
*/
public IRepository update(IRepository repository);
/**
* Load all repository environments into the system
*
* @return IRepository[] repositories
*/
public IRepository[] loadAll();
}