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+/*
+ * SIP Communicator, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
+ *
+ * Distributable under LGPL license.
+ * See terms of license at gnu.org.
+ */
+package net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol;
+
+import net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol.event.*;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a manager of accounts which contains the details about the format
+ * in which the accounts in question are stored (i.e. knows how to store and load
+ * them) and takes care of loading them on start-up.
+ * 
+ * @author Lubomir Marinov
+ */
+public interface AccountManager
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Registers a specific listener to be notified about events fired by this
+     * <code>AccountManager</code>. If the <code>listener</code> is already
+     * registered, it will not be registered again.
+     * 
+     * @param listener the listener to be registered for notification events
+     *            fired by this <code>AccountManager</code>
+     */
+    void addListener(AccountManagerListener listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Determines whether the account store represented by this manager contains
+     * stored accounts.
+     * 
+     * @return <tt>true</tt> if the account store represented by this manager
+     *         contains stored accounts; <tt>false</tt>, otherwise
+     */
+    boolean hasStoredAccounts();
+
+    /**
+     * Unregisters a specific listener from this <code>AccountManager</code> so
+     * that it no longer received notifications about events fired by this
+     * manager.
+     * 
+     * @param listener the listener to be unregistered from this
+     *            <code>AccountManager</code> so that it no longer receives
+     *            notifications about events fired by this manager
+     */
+    void removeListener(AccountManagerListener listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Stores an account represented in the form of an <code>AccountID</code>
+     * created by a specific <code>ProtocolProviderFactory</code>.
+     * 
+     * @param factory the <code>ProtocolProviderFactory</code> which created the
+     *            account to be stored
+     * @param accountID the account in the form of <code>AccountID</code> to be
+     *            stored
+     */
+    void storeAccount(ProtocolProviderFactory factory, AccountID accountID);
+}