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+package org.opendaylight.controller.mdsal;
+
+option java_package = "org.opendaylight.controller.protobuff.messages.common";
+option java_outer_classname = "NormalizedNodeMessages";
+
+
+message Attribute{
+ required string name =1;
+ optional string value=2;
+ optional string type=3;
+}
+
+message QName {
+ required string value=1;
+}
+
+message PathArgument {
+ required string value=1;
+ optional string type=2; //NodeIdentifier, NodeWithValue, NodeIdentifierWithPredicates
+ optional QName nodeType=3;
+ repeated Attribute attributes=4;
+
+}
+
+message InstanceIdentifier {
+ repeated PathArgument arguments=1;
+}
+
+message Node{
+ optional string path = 1;
+ optional string type = 2;
+ repeated Attribute attributes = 3;
+ repeated Node child=4;
+ optional string value = 5;
+ optional string valueType = 6;
+ repeated string bitsValue = 7;
+ optional InstanceIdentifier instanceIdentifierValue = 8;
+}
+
+message Container{
+ required string parentPath =1 ;
+ optional Node normalizedNode=2;
+}
+
+message NodeMapEntry{
+ required InstanceIdentifier instanceIdentifierPath =1;
+ optional Node normalizedNode=2;
+}
+
+message NodeMap{
+repeated NodeMapEntry mapEntries=1;
+}