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8 package org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api;
10 import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Broker.ConsumerSession;
14 * Session-specific instance of the broker functionality.
17 * BrokerService is marker interface for infrastructure services provided by the
18 * SAL. These services are session-specific, each {@link Provider} and
19 * {@link Consumer} usually has own instance of the service with it's own
23 * The consumer's (or provider's) instance of specific service could be obtained
24 * by invoking {@link ConsumerSession#getService(Class)} method on session
25 * assigned to the consumer.
28 * {@link BrokerService} and {@link Provider} may seem similar, but provider
29 * provides YANG model-based functionality and {@link BrokerService} exposes the
30 * necessary supporting functionality to implement specific functionality of
31 * YANG and to reuse it in the development of {@link Consumer}s and
36 public interface BrokerService {