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public interface ConfiguredObject
{
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  UserPreferences getPreferences();
  ...
}

public interface UserPreferences() 
{
  // Gets all preferences belonging to this user
  Map<String, Map<String,Preference> getPreferences()

  // replaces all current preferences with replacement.  returns preferences that were removed – used by PUT /userpreferences & DELETE
  Map<String, Map<String, Preference>> replace(Map<String, Map<String, Preference>>)

  // update/append preferences – used by POST /userpreferences
  updateOrAppend(Map<String, Map<String, Preference>>) 

  // replaces all prefs of given type with the replacement. returns preferences that were removed – used by PUT /userpreferences/type & DELETE
  Map<String, Preference> replace (String type, Map<String, Preference>)

  // update/append preferences within given type – used by POST /userpreferences/type
  updateOrAppend(String type, Map<String, Preference>)

  // // Gets all preferences visible to this user, does not include those that belong to him
  Map<String, Map<String, Preference> getVisiblePreferences()

  // Allows REST API to construct the Preference objects – does not persist of the object.  Object will be immutable
 Preference createPreference(String type, Map<String,Object>) 
}