core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/persistence/PersistentSetBuilder.java

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package org.onosproject.persistence;

import org.onosproject.store.service.Serializer;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * The default interface for the persistent set builder for use with mapDB.
 */
public interface PersistentSetBuilder<E> {

    /**
     * Sets the name of this set.
     * @param name the string name of this set
     * @return a persistent set builder with the name option now set
     */
    PersistentSetBuilder<E> withName(String name);

    /**
     * Sets the serializer to be used to serialize this set, this is a required parameter.
     * @param serializer the serializer to be used
     * @return a persistent set builder with the serializer set
     */
    PersistentSetBuilder<E> withSerializer(Serializer serializer);

    /**
     * Validates the set settings and then builds this map in the database.  Throws an exception if invalid settings
     * are found.
     * @return The set that was created
     */
    Set<E> build();
}