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  package org.apache.kafka.streams.state;
  
  import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Bytes;
  
  /**
   * A store supplier that can be used to create one or more {@link KeyValueStore KeyValueStore&lt;Bytes, byte[]&gt;} instances of type &lt;Bytes, byte[]&gt;.
   *
   * For any stores implementing the {@link KeyValueStore KeyValueStore&lt;Bytes, byte[]&gt;} interface, null value bytes are considered as "not exist". This means:
   *
   * <ol>
   *   <li>Null value bytes in put operations should be treated as delete.</li>
   *   <li>If the key does not exist, get operations should return null value bytes.</li>
   * </ol>
   */
  public interface KeyValueBytesStoreSupplier extends StoreSupplier<KeyValueStore<Bytes, byte[]>> {
  
  }
  