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package org.apache.maven.shared.release.config;

/**
 * Storage for reading and writing release configuration.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</a>
 */
public interface ReleaseDescriptorStore {
    /**
     * Read a configuration.
     *
     * @param mergeDescriptor configuration to merge with the loaded configuration. Some values are used as defaults,
     *                        while others are used to override
     * @return the configuration
     * @throws org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorStoreException if any
     */
    ReleaseDescriptorBuilder read(ReleaseDescriptorBuilder mergeDescriptor) throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException;

    /**
     * Save a configuration.
     *
     * @param config the configuration
     * @throws org.apache.maven.shared.release.config.ReleaseDescriptorStoreException if any
     */
    void write(ReleaseDescriptor config) throws ReleaseDescriptorStoreException;

    /**
     * Remove a configuration.
     *
     * @param config the location of the configuration
     */
    void delete(ReleaseDescriptor config);
}
