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  package org.seaborne.delta.server.local;
  
  import org.seaborne.delta.server.Provider;
  
  /** The provider (factory) of {@link PatchStore} implementations.
   * These are added to {@link PatchStoreMgr}.
   * There will be only one object of each {@code PatchStoreProvider}.
   */
  public interface PatchStoreProvider {
  
      /**
       * Create the {@link PatchStore} object for this process.
       * Return null to signal the implementation is not available.
       * This should boot itself to be able to report existing {@link PatchLog PatchLogs}.
       */
      public PatchStore create(LocalServerConfig config);
  
      public Provider getType();
  
      /** Short name used in server configuration files to set the default provider via "log_type" */
      public String getShortName();
  }
  