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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.registry.ModifiableWriterRegistryBuilder;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+/**
+ * Factory producing writers for {@link ModifiableWriterRegistryBuilder}.
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface WriterFactory extends AutoCloseable {
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize 1 or more writers and add them to provided registry.
+     */
+    void init(@Nonnull ModifiableWriterRegistryBuilder registry);
+
+    @Override
+    default void close() {
+        // NOOP TODO allow unregister
+    }
+}