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43  
44  package org.eclipse.jgit.lib;
45  
46  import java.io.IOException;
47  
48  import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException;
49  
50  /**
51   * Persistent configuration that can be stored and loaded from a location.
52   */
53  public abstract class StoredConfig extends Config {
54  	/**
55  	 * Create a configuration with no default fallback.
56  	 */
57  	public StoredConfig() {
58  		super();
59  	}
60  
61  	/**
62  	 * Create an empty configuration with a fallback for missing keys.
63  	 *
64  	 * @param defaultConfig
65  	 *            the base configuration to be consulted when a key is missing
66  	 *            from this configuration instance.
67  	 */
68  	public StoredConfig(Config defaultConfig) {
69  		super(defaultConfig);
70  	}
71  
72  	/**
73  	 * Load the configuration from the persistent store.
74  	 * <p>
75  	 * If the configuration does not exist, this configuration is cleared, and
76  	 * thus behaves the same as though the backing store exists, but is empty.
77  	 *
78  	 * @throws java.io.IOException
79  	 *             the configuration could not be read (but does exist).
80  	 * @throws org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException
81  	 *             the configuration is not properly formatted.
82  	 */
83  	public abstract void load() throws IOException, ConfigInvalidException;
84  
85  	/**
86  	 * Save the configuration to the persistent store.
87  	 *
88  	 * @throws java.io.IOException
89  	 *             the configuration could not be written.
90  	 */
91  	public abstract void save() throws IOException;
92  
93  	/** {@inheritDoc} */
94  	@Override
95  	public void clear() {
96  		super.clear();
97  	}
98  }