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package org.apache.karaf.config.core;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Dictionary;

import org.osgi.framework.InvalidSyntaxException;
import org.osgi.service.cm.ConfigurationAdmin;

public interface ConfigRepository {

    /**
     * Saves config to storage or ConfigurationAdmin.
     * @param pid
     * @param props
     * @throws IOException
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    void update(String pid, Dictionary props) throws IOException;

    void delete(String pid) throws Exception;

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    Dictionary getConfigProperties(String pid) throws IOException, InvalidSyntaxException;

    ConfigurationAdmin getConfigAdmin();

    /**
     * Create a factory based configuration.
     *
     * @param factoryPid
     * @param properties the new properties to set in the configuration.
     * @return created pid
     */
	String createFactoryConfiguration(String factoryPid, Dictionary<String, ?> properties);
}
