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/**
 * {@linkplain org.apache.sis.storage.DataStore Data store} base types for retrieving and saving geospatial data
 * in various storage formats.
 *
 * <p>{@code DataStore} provides the methods for reading or writing geospatial data in a given storage.
 * A storage may be a file, a directory, a connection to a database or any other implementation specific mechanism.
 * Suitable {@code DataStore} implementation for a given storage can be discovered and opened by the static methods
 * provided in {@link org.apache.sis.storage.DataStores}.</p>
 *
 * @author  Johann Sorel (Geomatys)
 * @author  Martin Desruisseaux (Geomatys)
 * @version 1.0
 * @since   0.3
 * @module
 */
package org.apache.sis.storage;
