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+<?php
+// Own namespace
+namespace Org\Mxchange\CoreFramework\Registry\Object;
+
+// Import framework stuff
+use Org\Mxchange\CoreFramework\Registry\Register;
+use Org\Mxchange\CoreFramework\Registry\Registerable;
+
+/**
+ * An interface for registries
+ *
+ * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@shipsimu.org>
+ * @version 0.0.0
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2023 Core Developer Team
+ * @license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
+ * @link http://www.shipsimu.org
+ *
+ * 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/>.
+ */
+interface ObjectRegister extends Register {
+ /**
+ * Checks whether an instance key was found
+ *
+ * @param $instanceKey The key holding an instance in registry
+ * @return $exists Whether the key exists in registry
+ */
+ function instanceExists (string $instanceKey);
+
+ /**
+ * Adds/overwrites a new instance to the registry at the given key
+ *
+ * @param $instanceKey The key to identify the instance
+ * @param $objectInstance An instance we shall store
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function addInstance (string $instanceKey, Registerable $objectInstance);
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for whole instance registry
+ *
+ * @return $instanceRegistry The whole instance registry array
+ */
+ function getInstanceRegistry ();
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a registered instance or null if not found
+ *
+ * @param $instanceKey The key to identify the instance
+ * @return $objectInstance An instance we shall store
+ * @throws NullPointerException If the requested key is not found
+ */
+ function getInstance (string $instanceKey);
+
+}