package org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.modification;
-import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.spi.data.DOMStoreWriteTransaction;
+import java.io.Externalizable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInput;
+import java.io.ObjectOutput;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.node.utils.stream.NormalizedNodeDataOutput;
+import org.opendaylight.mdsal.dom.spi.store.DOMStoreWriteTransaction;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema.tree.DataTreeModification;
/**
* Represents a modification to the data store.
+ *
* <p>
* Simple modifications can be of type,
+ * <ul>
* <li> {@link org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.modification.WriteModification}
* <li> {@link org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.modification.MergeModification}
* <li> {@link org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.modification.DeleteModification}
- * </p>
+ * </ul>
*
* <p>
- * Modifications can in turn be lumped into a single {@link org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.modification.CompositeModification}
- * which can then be applied to a write transaction
- * </p>
+ * Modifications can in turn be lumped into a single
+ * {@link org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.modification.CompositeModification}
+ * which can then be applied to a write transaction.
*/
-public interface Modification {
- /**
- * Apply the modification to the specified transaction
- * @param transaction
- */
- void apply(DOMStoreWriteTransaction transaction);
+public interface Modification extends Externalizable {
+
+ byte COMPOSITE = 1;
+ byte WRITE = 2;
+ byte MERGE = 3;
+ byte DELETE = 4;
+
+ /**
+ * Apply the modification to the specified transaction.
+ *
+ * @param transaction the transaction
+ */
+ void apply(DOMStoreWriteTransaction transaction);
+
+ /**
+ * Apply the modification to the specified transaction.
+ *
+ * @param transaction the transaction
+ */
+ void apply(DataTreeModification transaction);
+
+ byte getType();
+
+ @Override
+ void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException;
+
+ @Override
+ void readExternal(ObjectInput in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
+
+ void writeTo(NormalizedNodeDataOutput out) throws IOException;
}