[id='create_custom_store']
= Creating Cache Stores
Create custom cache stores by implementing the `NonBlockingStore` interface.

. Implement the appropriate {brandname} persistent SPIs.
. Annotate your store class with the `@ConfiguredBy` annotation if it has a custom configuration.
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. Create a custom cache store configuration and builder if desired.
.. Extend `AbstractStoreConfiguration` and `AbstractStoreConfigurationBuilder`.
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.. Optionally add the following annotations to your store Configuration class to ensure that your
custom configuration builder parses your cache store configuration from XML:
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* `@ConfigurationFor`
* `@BuiltBy`
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If you do not add these annotations, then `CustomStoreConfigurationBuilder` parses the common
store attributes defined in `AbstractStoreConfiguration` and any additional elements are ignored.
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[NOTE]
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If a configuration does not declare the
`@ConfigurationFor` annotation, a warning message is logged when {brandname}
initializes the cache.
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