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package com.alibaba.cloud.ai.graph;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Factory interface for providing key strategy implementations. This interface is
 * designed to allow flexible creation of different KeyStrategy instances, which are used
 * for generating cache keys based on input parameters and system state. The apply method
 * should return a map of strategies keyed by String identifiers, enabling retrieval of
 * specific strategies by name when needed.
 *
 * @author disaster
 * @since 1.0.0.1
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface KeyStrategyFactory {

	/**
	 * Creates and returns a map of KeyStrategy instances. Implementations of this method
	 * should provide one or more named KeyStrategy implementations.
	 * @return a Map containing strategy names as keys and corresponding KeyStrategy
	 * instances as values
	 */
	Map<String, KeyStrategy> apply();

}
