From 729754c92273a07c31137d3740e2657bad10a898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?David=20=E2=80=98Bombe=E2=80=99=20Roden?=
 <bombe@pterodactylus.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:58:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add post reply provider interface.

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 .../pterodactylus/sone/core/PostReplyProvider.java | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/main/java/net/pterodactylus/sone/core/PostReplyProvider.java

diff --git a/src/main/java/net/pterodactylus/sone/core/PostReplyProvider.java b/src/main/java/net/pterodactylus/sone/core/PostReplyProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddf3317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/pterodactylus/sone/core/PostReplyProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Sone - PostReplyProvider.java - Copyright © 2013 David Roden
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package net.pterodactylus.sone.core;
+
+import net.pterodactylus.sone.data.PostReply;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for objects that can provide {@link PostReply}s by their ID.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:bombe@pterodactylus.net">David ‘Bombe’ Roden</a>
+ */
+public interface PostReplyProvider {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the post reply with the given ID, if it exists. If it does not
+	 * exist and {@code create} is {@code false}, {@code null} is returned;
+	 * otherwise, a new post reply with the given ID is created and returned.
+	 *
+	 * @param replyId
+	 *            The ID of the post reply to return
+	 * @param create
+	 *            {@code true} to create a new post reply if no post reply with
+	 *            the given ID exists, {@code false} to return {@code null}
+	 *            instead
+	 * @return The post reply with the given ID, or {@code null}
+	 */
+	public PostReply getPostReply(String replyId, boolean create);
+
+}
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