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package com.arakelian.store;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

import com.arakelian.store.feature.HasId;

public interface Store {
    /**
     * Returns record with the given id, or null
     *
     * @param id
     *            record id
     * @return record with given id, or null if not found
     */
    public T get(String id);

    /**
     * Returns a list of all records with the given ids. If there are no matching records, this
     * method returns an empty list.
     *
     * @param ids
     *            list of ids
     * @return a list of all records with the given ids, or an empty list
     */
    public List getAll(Collection ids);

    /**
     * Returns a list of all records with the given ids. If there are no matching records, this
     * method returns an empty list.
     *
     * @param ids
     *            list of ids
     * @return a list of all records with the given ids, or an empty list
     */
    public List getAll(String... ids);
}