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018package org.fcrepo.kernel.api.services;
019
020import org.fcrepo.kernel.api.FedoraSession;
021import org.fcrepo.kernel.api.models.Container;
022
023/**
024 * Service for creating and retrieving {@link org.fcrepo.kernel.api.models.Container}
025 *
026 * @author bbpennel
027 * @since Feb 20, 2014
028 */
029public interface ContainerService extends Service<Container> {
030
031    /**
032     * Find or create a container node using the provided interaction model.
033     *
034     * @param session the session
035     * @param path the path
036     * @param interactionModel interaction model for the container node
037     * @return Container object for the given path.
038     */
039    public Container findOrCreate(final FedoraSession session, final String path, final String interactionModel);
040}