OcflStorageInitializer (OCFL Java Core 1.4.4 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultOcflStorageInitializer
```
public interface OcflStorageInitializer
```
Initializes an OCFL repository by either creating a new repository root or reading the configuration from an existing repository.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`OcflStorageLayoutExtension`	`initializeStorage(OcflVersion ocflVersion, OcflExtensionConfig layoutConfig, ExtensionSupportEvaluator supportEvaluator)`	Initializes a new OCFL storage root when the storage root does not already exist.

- Method Detail
  - initializeStorage
```
OcflStorageLayoutExtension initializeStorage(OcflVersion ocflVersion,
                                             OcflExtensionConfig layoutConfig,
                                             ExtensionSupportEvaluator supportEvaluator)
```
    Initializes a new OCFL storage root when the storage root does not already exist. If the storage root does exist, then the configuration is examined to ensure that it matches what was configured programmatically. If nothing was configured programmatically, then the configuration on disk is used without validation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    ocflVersion - OCFL version the repository conforms to
    
    layoutConfig - storage layout configuration, may be null when not creating a new repository
    
    supportEvaluator - repository extension evaluator
    
    Returns:
    
    the storage layout extension the repository uses