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package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication;

import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;

/**
 * Separates configuration resource from the configuration schema.
 *
 * <p>The {@code ConfigResource} splits configuration source from configuration options. The
 * resource is just an {@code Config} object with its version. The configuration options can be
 * loaded from different sources eg. a single file, multiple files or ZooKeeper.
 *
 * <p>Here we don't assume any configuration options being present in the {@link Config} object,
 * this is the responsibility of {@link ReplicationConfig} interface. Think about {@code
 * ConfigResource} as a "plain text file" and {@code ReplicationConfig} as a XML file.
 */
public interface ConfigResource {

  /**
   * Configuration for the plugin and all replication end points.
   *
   * @return current configuration
   */
  Config getConfig();

  /**
   * Current logical version string of the current configuration loaded in memory, depending on the
   * actual implementation of the configuration on the persistent storage.
   *
   * @return current logical version number.
   */
  String getVersion();
}