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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.notifications;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Message sent from the listener of Role Change messages to register itself to the Role Change Notifier
+ *
+ * The Listener could be in a separate ActorSystem and hence this message needs to be Serializable
+ */
+public class RegisterRoleChangeListener implements Serializable {
+}