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+/*\r
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.\r
+ *\r
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the\r
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,\r
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html\r
+ */\r
+package org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.api;\r
+\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.api.BindingAwareBroker.ConsumerSession;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * \r
+ * Defines the component of controller and supplies additional metadata. A\r
+ * component of the controller or application supplies a concrete implementation\r
+ * of this interface.\r
+ * \r
+ * A user-implemented component (application) which faciliates the SAL and SAL\r
+ * services to access infrastructure services or providers' functionality.\r
+ * \r
+\r
+ * \r
+ */\r
+public interface BindingAwareConsumer {\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Callback signaling initialization of the consumer session to the SAL.\r
+ * \r
+ * The consumer MUST use the session for all communication with SAL or\r
+ * retrieving SAL infrastructure services.\r
+ * \r
+ * This method is invoked by\r
+ * {@link BindingAwareBroker#registerConsumer(BindingAwareConsumer)}\r
+ * \r
+ * @param session\r
+ * Unique session between consumer and SAL.\r
+ */\r
+ void onSessionInitialized(ConsumerSession session);\r
+\r
+}\r