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package org.snmp4j.agent.io;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * The {@code MOPersistenceProvider} interface defines how persistent
 * storage can be used to save and restore an agents state. The interface
 * intentionally does not define how the persistence provider gets access
 * to the agent's state.
 *
 * @author Frank Fock
 * @version 1.2
 */
public interface MOPersistenceProvider {

    /**
     * Restore (load) agent state from the specified URI (can be as simple as
     * a file path).
     * @param uri
     *    a string pointing to the persistent storage from which the agent state
     *    should be restored from. The format of he string is specified by the
     *    persistence provider. A {@code null} value can be specified to
     *    let the persistence provider use its default URI. If that default URI
     *    is {@code null} too, a {@code NullPointerException} will be
     *    thrown.
     * @param importMode
     *    specifies how the agent's current state should be update while
     *    restoring a previous state.
     * @throws IOException
     *    if the restore operation fails.
     * @since 1.2
     */
    void restore(String uri, int importMode) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Stores the current agent state to persistent storage specified by the
     * supplied URI.
     * @param uri
     *    a string pointing to the persistent storage from which the agent state
     *    should be restored from. The format of the string is specified by the
     *    persistence provider. A {@code null} value can be specified to
     *    let the persistence provider use its default URI. If that default URI
     *    is {@code null} too, a {@code NullPointerException} will be
     *    thrown.
     * @throws IOException
     *    if the store operation fails.
     * @since 1.2
     */
    void store(String uri) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Checks whether the supplied URI string is valid for this persistence
     * provider.
     * @param uri
     *    a string identifying a persistent storage location for this storage
     *    provider.
     * @return
     *    {@code true} if the {@code uri} is valid, {@code false}
     *    otherwise.
     * @since 1.2
     */
    boolean isValidPersistenceURI(String uri);

    /**
     * Returns an unique ID of the persistence provider which should identify the
     * format and type of the persistence provider.
     * @return
     *    an 1-32 character long string that identifies the persistence provider.
     * @since 1.2
     */
    String getPersistenceProviderID();

    /**
     * Gets the URI of the default persistent storage for this provider.
     * @return
     *    the URI (e.g. file path) for the default persistent storage location of
     *    this provider. A provider may use a different one. A {@code null}
     *    value indicates that there is no default location.
     */
    String getDefaultURI();
}