useradmin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/useradmin/UserAdminRepository.java

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package org.apache.felix.useradmin;

import java.util.Hashtable;

/**
 * The <tt>UserAdminRepository</tt> represents contract for
 * UserAdmin repository which cached and persists Roles into the file.
 * 
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public interface UserAdminRepository
{
    /**
     * This method flush repository cache into to repository file.
     */
    void flush();

    /**
     * This method is getting UserAdmin repository cache.
     * 
     * @return repository cache.
     */
    Hashtable getRepositoryCache();

    /**
     * This method is loading data from file repository into cache.
     */
    void load();
}