+
+ /**
+ * Stores a piece of data at the specified path. This acts as an add / replace
+ * operation, which is to say that whole subtree will be replaced by the specified data.
+ * * <p>
+ * This method does not automatically create missing parent nodes. It is equivalent to invoking
+ * {@link #put(LogicalDatastoreType, InstanceIdentifier, DataObject, boolean)}
+ * with <code>createMissingParents</code> set to false.
+ * <p>
+ * For more information on usage and examples, please see the documentation in {@link AsyncWriteTransaction}.
+ * <p>
+ * If you need to make sure that a parent object exists but you do not want modify
+ * its pre-existing state by using put, consider using {@link #merge} instead.
+ *
+ * @param store
+ * the logical data store which should be modified
+ * @param path
+ * the data object path
+ * @param data
+ * the data object to be written to the specified path
+ * @throws IllegalStateException
+ * if the transaction has already been submitted
+ */
+ <T extends DataObject> void put(LogicalDatastoreType store, InstanceIdentifier<T> path, T data);
+
+
+ /**
+ * Stores a piece of data at the specified path. This acts as an add /
+ * replace operation, which is to say that whole subtree will be replaced by
+ * the specified data.
+ * <p>
+ * For more information on usage and examples, please see the documentation
+ * in {@link AsyncWriteTransaction}.
+ * <p>
+ * If you need to make sure that a parent object exists but you do not want
+ * modify its pre-existing state by using put, consider using {@link #merge}
+ * instead.
+ *
+ * Note: Using <code>createMissingParents</code> with value true, may
+ * introduce garbage in data store, or recreate nodes, which were deleted by
+ * previous transaction.
+ *
+ * @param store
+ * the logical data store which should be modified
+ * @param path
+ * the data object path
+ * @param data
+ * the data object to be written to the specified path
+ * @param createMissingParents
+ * if true, any missing parent nodes will be automatically
+ * created using a merge operation.
+ * @throws IllegalStateException
+ * if the transaction has already been submitted
+ */
+ <T extends DataObject> void put(LogicalDatastoreType store, InstanceIdentifier<T> path, T data,
+ boolean createMissingParents);
+
+ /**
+ * Merges a piece of data with the existing data at a specified path. Any pre-existing data
+ * which is not explicitly overwritten will be preserved. This means that if you store a container,
+ * its child lists will be merged.
+ * <p>
+ * This method does not automatically create missing parent nodes. It is equivalent to invoking
+ * {@link #merge(LogicalDatastoreType, InstanceIdentifier, DataObject, boolean)}
+ * with <code>createMissingParents</code> set to false.
+ * <p>
+ * For more information on usage and examples, please see the documentation in {@link AsyncWriteTransaction}.
+ *<p>
+ * If you require an explicit replace operation, use {@link #put} instead.
+ * @param store
+ * the logical data store which should be modified
+ * @param path
+ * the data object path
+ * @param data
+ * the data object to be merged to the specified path
+ * @throws IllegalStateException
+ * if the transaction has already been submitted
+ */
+ <T extends DataObject> void merge(LogicalDatastoreType store, InstanceIdentifier<T> path, T data);
+
+ /**
+ * Merges a piece of data with the existing data at a specified path. Any
+ * pre-existing data which is not explicitly overwritten will be preserved.
+ * This means that if you store a container, its child lists will be merged.
+ * <p>
+ * For more information on usage and examples, please see the documentation
+ * in {@link AsyncWriteTransaction}.
+ * <p>
+ * If you require an explicit replace operation, use {@link #put} instead.
+ *
+ * @param store
+ * the logical data store which should be modified
+ * @param path
+ * the data object path
+ * @param data
+ * the data object to be merged to the specified path
+ * @param createMissingParents
+ * if true, any missing parent nodes will be automatically created
+ * using a merge operation.
+ * @throws IllegalStateException
+ * if the transaction has already been submitted
+ */
+ <T extends DataObject> void merge(LogicalDatastoreType store, InstanceIdentifier<T> path, T data,
+ boolean createMissingParents);