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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 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.cluster.raft.messages;
+
+import akka.actor.ActorRef;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Message sent to leader to transfer leadership to a particular follower.
+ */
+public final class RequestLeadership implements Serializable {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+ private final String requestedFollowerId;
+ private final ActorRef replyTo;
+
+ public RequestLeadership(final String requestedFollowerId, final ActorRef replyTo) {
+ this.requestedFollowerId = Preconditions.checkNotNull(requestedFollowerId);
+ this.replyTo = Preconditions.checkNotNull(replyTo);
+ }
+
+ public String getRequestedFollowerId() {
+ return requestedFollowerId;
+ }
+
+ public ActorRef getReplyTo() {
+ return replyTo;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public String toString() {
+ return "RequestLeadership [requestedFollowerId=" + requestedFollowerId + ", replyTo=" + replyTo + "]";
+ }
+}