* The flag to check if the data store is alive.
     */
    protected boolean alive = true;

    /**
     * Register this data store.
     */
    public void register() {
        ComponentUtil.getDataStoreFactory().add(getName(), this);
    }

    /**
     * Get the name of this data store.
     * @return The name of this data store.
     */
    protected abstract String getName();

    @Override

         * deletes old documents if configured to do so.
         */
        protected void process() {
            final DataStoreFactory dataStoreFactory = ComponentUtil.getDataStoreFactory();
            dataStore = dataStoreFactory.getDataStore(dataConfig.getHandlerName());
            if (dataStore == null) {
                logger.error("DataStore({}) is not found.", dataConfig.getHandlerName());

        return getComponent(USER_AGENT_HELPER);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the data store factory component.
     * @return The data store factory.
     */
    public static DataStoreFactory getDataStoreFactory() {
        return getComponent(DATA_STORE_FACTORY);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the interval control helper component.
     * @return The interval control helper.
     */