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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Brocade Communications 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.mdsal.common.api.clustering;
+
+/**
+ * Enumerates the current ownership state for an entity.
+ *
+ * @author Thomas Pantelis
+ */
+public enum EntityOwnershipState {
+ /**
+ * The local process instance is the owner of the entity.
+ */
+ IS_OWNER,
+
+ /**
+ * A remote process instance is the owner of the entity.
+ */
+ OWNED_BY_OTHER,
+
+ /**
+ * The entity has no owner and thus no candidates.
+ */
+ NO_OWNER;
+
+ public static EntityOwnershipState from(boolean isOwner, boolean hasOwner) {
+ if(isOwner) {
+ return IS_OWNER;
+ } else if(hasOwner) {
+ return OWNED_BY_OTHER;
+ } else {
+ return NO_OWNER;
+ }
+ }
+}