ConversationFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:
```
public interface ConversationFactory

                    
```
Factory for creating and loading Conversation instances.
Implementations provide different storage strategies (in-memory, persistent, etc.). Use ConversationFactoryProvider to obtain factories by type.

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Nested Classes
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Field Summary

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Constructor Summary

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Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
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Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Conversation`	`create(String id)`	Create a new conversation with the given ID.
`Conversation`	`load(String id)`	Load an existing conversation from storage.
`Conversation`	`createForParticipants(String id, User user, User agent, String title)`	Create a conversation for a 1-1 chat between a user and an agent.
`abstract ConversationStoreType`	`getStoreType()`	The storage type this factory provides.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
- Method Detail
  - create
```
 abstract Conversation create(String id)
```
    Create a new conversation with the given ID.
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - unique identifier for the conversation
    
    Returns:
    
    a new Conversation instance
  - load
```
 Conversation load(String id)
```
    Load an existing conversation from storage.
    For persistent implementations, this restores a conversation with its message history from the backing store. For in-memory implementations, this returns null (nothing to restore).
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - the conversation ID to load
    
    Returns:
    
    the conversation if found, null otherwise
  - createForParticipants
```
 Conversation createForParticipants(String id, User user, User agent, String title)
```
    Create a conversation for a 1-1 chat between a user and an agent.
    Messages can be automatically attributed based on role when participants are set.
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - the conversation/session ID
    
    user - the human user participant
    
    agent - the AI/system user participant (optional)
    
    title - the session title (optional)
    
    Returns:
    
    a new Conversation instance
  - getStoreType
```
 abstract ConversationStoreType getStoreType()
```
    The storage type this factory provides.