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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.md.sal.common.api.data;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.Immutable;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.Path;
+
+public interface AsyncDataChangeEvent<P extends Path<P>,D> extends Immutable {
+ /**
+ * Returns a immutable map of paths and newly created objects
+ *
+ * @return map of paths and newly created objects
+ */
+ Map<P, D> getCreatedData();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a immutable map of paths and respective updated objects after update.
+ *
+ * Original state of the object is in
+ * {@link #getOriginalData()}
+ *
+ * @return map of paths and newly created objects
+ */
+ Map<P, D> getUpdatedData();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a immutable set of removed paths.
+ *
+ * Original state of the object is in
+ * {@link #getOriginalData()}
+ *
+ * @return set of removed paths
+ */
+ Set<P> getRemovedPaths();
+
+ /**
+ * Return a immutable map of paths and original state of updated and removed objects.
+ *
+ * This map is populated if at changed path was previous object, and captures
+ * state of previous object.
+ *
+ * @return map of paths and original state of updated and removed objects.
+ */
+ Map<P, ? extends D> getOriginalData();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a immutable stable view of data state, which
+ * captures state of data store before the reported change.
+ *
+ *
+ * The view is rooted at the point where the listener, to which the event is being delivered, was registered.
+ *
+ * @return Stable view of data before the change happened, rooted at the listener registration path.
+ *
+ */
+ D getOriginalSubtree();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a immutable stable view of data, which captures state of data store
+ * after the reported change.
+ *
+ * The view is rooted at the point where the listener, to which the event is being delivered, was registered.
+ *
+ * @return Stable view of data after the change happened, rooted at the listener registration path.
+ */
+ D getUpdatedSubtree();
+}