-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
- * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
- * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
- */
-package org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Broker.ProviderSession;
-
-/**
- * Defines the component of controller and supplies additional metadata. A
- * component of the controller or application supplies a concrete implementation
- * of this interface.
- *
- * <p>
- * A user-implemented component (application) which facilitates the SAL and SAL
- * services to access infrastructure services and to provide functionality to
- * {@link Consumer}s and other providers.
- *
- * @deprecated Use blueprint instead for code wiring.
- */
-@Deprecated
-public interface Provider {
-
- /**
- * Callback signaling initialization of the provider session to the SAL.
- *
- * <p>
- * The provider <b>MUST use the session</b> for all communication with SAL
- * or retrieving SAL infrastructure services.
- *
- * <p>
- * This method is invoked by {@link Broker#registerConsumer(Consumer)}
- *
- * @param session
- * Unique session between provider and SAL.
- */
- void onSessionInitiated(ProviderSession session);
-
- /**
- * Deprecated.
- *
- * @deprecated - No longer used or needed. Suggested implementation until removed:
- * {@code
- * public Collection<ProviderFunctionality> getProviderFunctionality() {
- * return Collections.emptySet();
- * }
- * }
- */
- @Deprecated
- Collection<ProviderFunctionality> getProviderFunctionality();
-
- /**
- * Deprecated.
- *
- * @deprecated - no longer used or needed
- */
- @Deprecated
- interface ProviderFunctionality {
-
- }
-}