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8 package org.opendaylight.mdsal.dom.api;
10 import org.opendaylight.mdsal.common.api.AsyncDataBroker;
11 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.YangInstanceIdentifier;
12 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema.NormalizedNode;
15 * Data Broker which provides data transaction and data change listener functionality using {@link NormalizedNode}.
18 * All operations on the data tree are performed via one of the transactions:
20 * <li>Read-Only - allocated using {@link #newReadOnlyTransaction()}
21 * <li>Write-Only - allocated using {@link #newWriteOnlyTransaction()}
25 * These transactions provide a stable isolated view of data tree, which is guaranteed to be not
26 * affected by other concurrent transactions, until transaction is committed.
29 * For a detailed explanation of how transaction are isolated and how transaction-local changes are
30 * committed to global data tree, see {@link DOMDataTreeReadTransaction}, {@link DOMDataTreeWriteTransaction}
31 * and {@link DOMDataTreeWriteTransaction#commit()}.
35 * It is strongly recommended to use the type of transaction, which provides only the minimal
36 * capabilities you need. This allows for optimizations at the data broker / data store level. For
37 * example, implementations may optimize the transaction for reading if they know ahead of time that
38 * you only need to read data - such as not keeping additional meta-data, which may be required for
42 * <b>Implementation Note:</b> This interface is not intended to be implemented by users of MD-SAL,
43 * but only to be consumed by them.
45 public interface DOMDataBroker extends
46 AsyncDataBroker<YangInstanceIdentifier, NormalizedNode<?, ?>>, DOMTransactionFactory,
47 DOMExtensibleService<DOMDataBroker, DOMDataBrokerExtension> {
49 * Create a new transaction chain. The chain will be initialized to read from its backing datastore, with
50 * no outstanding transaction. Listener will be registered to handle chain-level events.
52 * @param listener Transaction chain event listener
53 * @return A new transaction chain.
55 DOMTransactionChain createTransactionChain(DOMTransactionChainListener listener);