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package org.apache.directory.server.core.factory;


import java.io.File;

import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.schema.SchemaManager;
import org.apache.directory.server.core.api.DnFactory;
import org.apache.directory.server.core.api.partition.Partition;
import org.apache.directory.server.xdbm.Index;


/**
 * A factory used to generate {@link Partition}s and their {@link Index}es.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 */
public interface PartitionFactory
{

    /**
     * Creates a new Partition.
     * 
     * @param schemaManager The SchemaManager instance
     * @param dnFactory The DnFactory instance
     * @param id the partition id
     * @param suffix the suffix
     * @param cacheSize the cache size
     * @param workingDirectory the working directory
     * @return the partition
     * @throws Exception the exception
     */
    Partition createPartition( SchemaManager schemaManager, DnFactory dnFactory, String id, String suffix,
        int cacheSize, File workingDirectory ) throws Exception;


    /**
     * Adds a partition-specific index to the partition.
     * 
     * @param partition the partition
     * @param attributeId the attribute id
     * @param cacheSize the cache size
     * @throws Exception the exception
     */
    void addIndex( Partition partition, String attributeId, int cacheSize ) throws Exception;

}
