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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 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.persisted;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.YangInstanceIdentifier.PathArgument;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema.NormalizedNode;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema.tree.DataTreeCandidateNode;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema.tree.ModificationType;
+
+/**
+ * A deserialized {@link DataTreeCandidateNode} which represents a deletion.
+ */
+abstract class DeletedDataTreeCandidateNode extends AbstractDataTreeCandidateNode {
+ private DeletedDataTreeCandidateNode() {
+ super(ModificationType.DELETE);
+ }
+
+ static DataTreeCandidateNode create() {
+ return new DeletedDataTreeCandidateNode() {
+ @Override
+ public PathArgument getIdentifier() {
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Root node does not have an identifier");
+ }
+ };
+ }
+
+ static DataTreeCandidateNode create(final PathArgument identifier) {
+ return new DeletedDataTreeCandidateNode() {
+ @Override
+ public final PathArgument getIdentifier() {
+ return identifier;
+ }
+ };
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final Optional<NormalizedNode<?, ?>> getDataAfter() {
+ return Optional.absent();
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final Collection<DataTreeCandidateNode> getChildNodes() {
+ // We would require the before-image to reconstruct the list of nodes which
+ // were deleted.
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Children not available after serialization");
+ }
+}