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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 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.spi.store;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+
+/**
+ * Interface implemented by the {@link DOMStore} and exposed for each
+ * {@link DOMStoreWriteTransaction} upon its transition to Ready state. The frontend (DOMStore user)
+ * uses this interface to drive the commit procedure across potentially multiple DOMStores using the
+ * Three-Phase-Commit (3PC) Protocol, as described in <a
+ * href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-phase_commit">Three phase Commit</a>.
+ */
+public interface DOMStoreThreePhaseCommitCohort {
+
+ /**
+ * Sends transaction associated with this three phase commit instance to the participant,
+ * participant votes on the transaction, if the transaction should be committed or aborted.
+ *
+ * @return ListenableFuture with vote of the participant. Vote {@link ListenableFuture#get()} is
+ * following:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>
+ * true if transaction is approved by data store.
+ * <li>false if the transaction is not approved by data store and should be aborted.
+ * </ul>
+ */
+ ListenableFuture<Boolean> canCommit();
+
+ /**
+ * Initiates a pre-commit phase of associated transaction on datastore.
+ *
+ * This message is valid only and only if and only if the participant responded
+ * on {@link #canCommit()} call with positive response.
+ *
+ * @return ListenableFuture representing acknowledgment for participant
+ * that pre-commit message was received and processed.
+ */
+ ListenableFuture<Void> preCommit();
+
+ /**
+ * Initiates a abort phase of associated transaction on data store.
+ *
+ * @return ListenableFuture representing acknowledgment for participant
+ * that abort message was received.
+ */
+ ListenableFuture<Void> abort();
+
+ /**
+ * Initiates a commit phase on of associated transaction on data store.
+ *
+ * @return ListenableFuture representing acknowledgment for participant
+ * that commit message was received and commit of transaction was
+ * processed.
+ */
+ ListenableFuture<Void> commit();
+}