diff --git a/ui/src/stores/BaseStore.ts b/ui/src/stores/BaseStore.ts
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+import {action, observable} from 'mobx';
+
+interface HasID {
+    id: number;
+}
+
+export interface IClearable {
+    clear(): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Base implementation for handling items with ids.
+ */
+export abstract class BaseStore<T extends HasID> implements IClearable {
+    @observable
+    protected items: T[] = [];
+
+    protected abstract requestItems(): Promise<T[]>;
+
+    protected abstract requestDelete(id: number): Promise<void>;
+
+    @action
+    public remove = async (id: number): Promise<void> => {
+        await this.requestDelete(id);
+        await this.refresh();
+    };
+
+    @action
+    public refresh = async (): Promise<void> => {
+        this.items = await this.requestItems().then((items) => items || []);
+    };
+
+    public getByID = (id: number): T => {
+        const item = this.getByIDOrUndefined(id);
+        if (item === undefined) {
+            throw new Error('cannot find item with id ' + id);
+        }
+        return item;
+    };
+
+    public getByIDOrUndefined = (id: number): T | undefined => {
+        return this.items.find((hasId: HasID) => hasId.id === id);
+    };
+
+    public getItems = (): T[] => this.items;
+
+    @action
+    public clear = (): void => {
+        this.items = [];
+    };
+}