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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 PANTHEON.tech, s.r.o. 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.dom.api;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.FluentFuture;
+import org.opendaylight.mdsal.common.api.LogicalDatastoreType;
+import org.opendaylight.mdsal.common.api.ReadFailedException;
+import org.opendaylight.mdsal.dom.api.query.DOMQuery;
+import org.opendaylight.mdsal.dom.api.query.DOMQueryResult;
+
+/**
+ * Query-like operations supported by {@link DOMDataTreeReadTransaction} and {@link DOMDataTreeReadWriteTransaction}.
+ * This interface defines the operations without a tie-in with lifecycle management.
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface DOMDataTreeQueryOperations {
+ /**
+ * Executes a query on the provided logical data store.
+ *
+ * @param store Logical data store from which read should occur.
+ * @param query DOMQuery to execute
+ * @return a FluentFuture containing the result of the query. The Future blocks until the operation is complete.
+ * Once complete:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>The Future returns the result of the query</li>
+ * <li>If the query execution fails, the Future will fail with a {@link ReadFailedException} or
+ * an exception derived from ReadFailedException.
+ * </li>
+ * </ul>
+ * @throws NullPointerException if any of the arguments is null
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the query is not supported
+ */
+ FluentFuture<DOMQueryResult> execute(LogicalDatastoreType store, DOMQuery query);
+}