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In API design, the concept of "Store resources" refers to resources that represent the storage or persistence layer of an application. These resources are responsible for managing the storage and retrieval of data, typically interacting with databases, file systems, or other data stores. They handle operations such as creating, reading, updating, and deleting data.

Store resources are often used in conjunction with entity resources and controller resources to build a complete API that follows a layered architecture.

Here's an example to illustrate the concept of Store resources:

Let's consider an e-commerce application with the following resources:

1. Entity resources: Entity resources represent the core data entities of the application. For instance, we can have an "Order" entity resource that represents an order placed by a customer.

2. Controller resources: Controller resources handle the business logic and define the API endpoints. In our example, we can have an "OrderController" resource that exposes endpoints for creating, reading, updating, and deleting orders.

3. Store resources: Store resources interact with the database or data store to persist and retrieve data. In our case, we can have an "OrderStore" resource responsible for storing and retrieving order data.

The OrderStore resource would encapsulate the database operations needed to create, read, update, and delete order data. It would provide methods such as createOrder, getOrder, updateOrder, and deleteOrder, which would interact with the underlying data store.

Here's a simplified example in Python-like pseudocode:

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class OrderStore:
    def createOrder(orderData):
        # Code to store the order data in the database
        # ...

    def getOrder(orderId):
        # Code to retrieve the order data from the database
        # ...

    def updateOrder(orderId, updatedData):
        # Code to update the order data in the database
        # ...

    def deleteOrder(orderId):
        # Code to delete the order data from the database
        # ...

The OrderController resource would then utilize the OrderStore methods to handle the corresponding API endpoints, such as creating a new order, retrieving an order by ID, updating an order, or deleting an order.

By separating the responsibilities into different types of resources (entity, controller, and store), you can achieve a more modular and maintainable API design, where each resource type focuses on specific tasks and promotes code organization and separation of concerns.