diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/repository/MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerRepository.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/repository/MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerRepository.java
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+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.repository;
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.resolvers.MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainer;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
+
+/**
+ * Spring Data Repository API for persistence operations on instances of {@link MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainer}.
+ *
+ * @author Dmitriy Kopylenko
+ */
+public interface MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerRepository
+        extends CrudRepository<MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainer, Long> {
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/DefaultMetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerService.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/DefaultMetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerService.java
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+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/DefaultMetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerService.java
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+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service;
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.resolvers.MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainer;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public class DefaultMetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerService implements MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerService {
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainer> getPositionOrderContainerIfExists() {
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void persistPositionOrderContainer(MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainer metadataResolversPositionOrderContainer) {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerService.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerService.java
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+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerService.java
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+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service;
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.resolvers.MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainer;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/**
+ * Service interface for manipulation of instances of {@link MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainer}.
+ *
+ * @author Dmitriy Kopylenko
+ */
+public interface MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainerService {
+
+    Optional<MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainer> getPositionOrderContainerIfExists();
+
+    void persistPositionOrderContainer(MetadataResolversPositionOrderContainer metadataResolversPositionOrderContainer);
+}