android/arch/lifecycle/ViewModelStoreOwner.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
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package android.arch.lifecycle;

import android.support.annotation.NonNull;

/**
 * A scope that owns {@link ViewModelStore}.
 * <p>
 * A responsibility of an implementation of this interface is to retain owned ViewModelStore
 * during the configuration changes and call {@link ViewModelStore#clear()}, when this scope is
 * going to be destroyed.
 */
@SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess")
public interface ViewModelStoreOwner {
    /**
     * Returns owned {@link ViewModelStore}
     *
     * @return a {@code ViewModelStore}
     */
    @NonNull
    ViewModelStore getViewModelStore();
}