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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 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.controller.config.api;
+
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.config.api.annotations.AbstractServiceInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Each new {@link org.opendaylight.controller.config.spi.Module} can receive
+ * resolver from {@link org.opendaylight.controller.config.spi.ModuleFactory}
+ * for looking up dependencies during validation and second phase commit.
+ *
+ * @see org.opendaylight.controller.config.spi.Module
+ */
+public interface DependencyResolver {
+
+ /**
+ * To be used during validation phase to validate serice interface of
+ * dependent module.
+ *
+ * @param expectedServiceInterface
+ * MBean/MXBean interface which will back the proxy object.
+ * @param objectName
+ * ObjectName of dependent module without transaction name
+ * (platformON).
+ * @param jmxAttribute
+ * @throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} when module is not found
+ * @throws {@link IllegalStateException} if module does not export this
+ * service interface.
+ */
+ void validateDependency(
+ Class<? extends AbstractServiceInterface> expectedServiceInterface,
+ ObjectName objectName, JmxAttribute jmxAttribute);
+
+ @Deprecated
+ // TODO remove once all config code is generated
+ void validateDependency(
+ Class<? extends AbstractServiceInterface> expectedServiceInterface,
+ ObjectName objectName, String attributeNameForErrorReporting);
+
+ /**
+ * To be used during commit phase to wire actual dependencies.
+ *
+ * @return dependency instance using
+ * {@link org.opendaylight.controller.config.spi.Module#getInstance()}
+ * @throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} when module is not found
+ */
+ <T> T resolveInstance(Class<T> expectedType, ObjectName objectName,
+ JmxAttribute jmxAttribute);
+
+ @Deprecated
+ <T> T resolveInstance(Class<T> expectedType, ObjectName objectName);
+
+}