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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Brocade Communications 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.cluster.raft.client.messages;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Message sent to a raft actor to shutdown gracefully. If it's the leader it will transfer leadership to a
+ * follower. As its last act, the actor self-destructs via a PoisonPill.
+ *
+ * @author Thomas Pantelis
+ */
+public class Shutdown implements Serializable {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+}