* @return the corresponding shard name.
*/
String findShard(YangInstanceIdentifier path);
+
+ /**
+ * Get the prefix of the shard that contains the data pointed to by the specified path.
+ * @param path the location of the data in the logical tree.
+ * @return the corresponding shards prefix.
+ */
+ YangInstanceIdentifier getPrefixForPath(YangInstanceIdentifier path);
}