import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Broker.ConsumerSession;
/**
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* Defines the component of controller and supplies additional metadata. A
* component of the controller or application supplies a concrete implementation
* of this interface.
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* A user-implemented component (application) which facilitates the SAL and SAL
* services to access infrastructure services or providers' functionality.
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*/
public interface Consumer {
/**
* Callback signaling initialization of the consumer session to the SAL.
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* The consumer MUST use the session for all communication with SAL or
* retrieving SAL infrastructure services.
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* This method is invoked by {@link Broker#registerConsumer(Consumer)}
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* @param session
* Unique session between consumer and SAL.
*/
/**
* Get a set of implementations of consumer functionality to be registered
* into system during the consumer registration to the SAL.
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* This method is invoked by {@link Broker#registerConsumer(Consumer)}.
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* @return Set of consumer functionality.
*/
public Collection<ConsumerFunctionality> getConsumerFunctionality();
/**
* The marker interface for the interfaces describing the consumer
* functionality contracts.
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*/
public interface ConsumerFunctionality {