/methods/getter/" data-id="FP/M26/G21"><h1>Getter methods</h1><section class="s2" id="/api/persister-file/interfaces/persister/filepersister/methods/getter/getstore/" data-id="gS34"><h2><code>getStore</code></h2><p>The <code>getStore</code> method returns a reference to the underlying <a href="/api/the-essentials/creating-stores/store/"><code>Store</code></a> or <a href="/api/mergeable-store/interfaces/mergeable/mergeablestore/"><code>MergeableStore</code></a> that is backing this <a href="/api/persisters/i