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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 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.mdsal.dom.api;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import java.util.EventListener;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.Registration;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.stmt.SchemaNodeIdentifier.Absolute;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link DOMNotificationPublishService.Extension} providing a view into which {@link DOMNotification}s the extended
+ * {@link DOMNotificationPublishService} is interested in receiving. This is typically driven by listener registrations
+ * in the {@link DOMNotificationService} consuming published notifications.
+ */
+@Beta
+@NonNullByDefault
+public interface DOMNotificationPublishDemandExtension extends DOMNotificationPublishService.Extension {
+ /**
+ * Register a new {@link DemandListener}.
+ *
+ * @param listener the listener to register
+ * @return A {@link Registration}
+ * @throws NullPointerException if {@code listener} is {@code null}
+ */
+ Registration registerDemandListener(DemandListener listener);
+
+ /**
+ * Listener for changes in demand for {@link DOMNotification} types. Changes are communnicated via
+ * {@link #onDemandUpdated(ImmutableSet)}, which reports the delta between last reported and current state.
+ */
+ interface DemandListener extends EventListener {
+ /**
+ * Update the view of what {@link DOMNotification}s are in demand.
+ *
+ * @param neededTypes currently-needed notification types
+ */
+ void onDemandUpdated(ImmutableSet<Absolute> neededTypes);
+ }
+}