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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.controller.cluster.datastore.node.utils.serialization;
+
+/**
+ * NormalizedNodeDeSerializationContext provides methods which help in decoding
+ * certain components of a NormalizedNode properly
+ */
+
+public interface NormalizedNodeDeSerializationContext {
+ String getNamespace(int namespace);
+ String getRevision(int revision);
+ String getLocalName(int localName);
+}