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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 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.store.inmemory;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import org.opendaylight.mdsal.dom.api.DOMDataTreeIdentifier;
+import org.opendaylight.mdsal.dom.api.DOMDataTreeWriteCursor;
+
+// FIXME: this should be moved to a separate package
+@Beta
+public interface DOMDataTreeShardWriteTransaction {
+ /**
+ * Create a new write cursor. Any previous cursors have to be {@link DOMDataTreeWriteCursor#close()}d.
+ *
+ * @param prefix Tree identifier of the apex at which the cursor is rooted.
+ * @return A new cursor rooted at specified prefx.
+ * @throws IllegalStateException if a previous cursor has not been closed.
+ * @throws NullPointerException if prefix is null.
+ */
+ @Nonnull DOMDataTreeWriteCursor createCursor(@Nonnull DOMDataTreeIdentifier prefix);
+
+ /**
+ * Finish this transaction and submit it for processing.
+ *
+ * FIXME: this method should accept a callback which will report success/failure. Let's not use a CheckedFuture
+ * due to overhead associated with attaching listeners to them.
+ * @throws IllegalStateException if this transaction has an unclosed cursor.
+ */
+ void ready();
+}