ator">></span></code></td><td><p></p><p>A Promise containing a reference to the <a href="/api/persisters/interfaces/persister/persister/"><code>Persister</code></a> object.</p><p></p></td></tr></table></div><p>The optional parameter allows you to specify what the initial content for the <a href="/api/the-essentials/creating-stores/store/"><code>Store</code></a> will be if there is nothing currently persisted or if the load fails (for example when the <a href="/api/persisters/interfaces/persister/persister/"