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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.core.api;\r
+\r
+import java.util.Set;\r
+\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Broker.ConsumerSession;\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Broker.ProviderSession;\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.yang.common.QName;\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.yang.common.RpcResult;\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.yang.data.api.CompositeNode;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * {@link Provider}'s implementation of rpc.\r
+ * \r
+ * In order to expose the rpc to other components, the provider MUST register\r
+ * concrete implementation of this interface\r
+ * \r
+ * The registration could be done by :\r
+ * <ul>\r
+ * <li>returning an instance of implementation in the return value of\r
+ * {@link Provider#getProviderFunctionality()}\r
+ * <li>passing an instance of implementation and {@link QName} of rpc as\r
+ * arguments to the\r
+ * {@link ProviderSession#addRpcImplementation(QName, RpcImplementation)}\r
+ * </ul>\r
+ * \r
+ * The simplified process of the invocation of rpc is following:\r
+ * \r
+ * <ol>\r
+ * <li> {@link Consumer} invokes\r
+ * {@link ConsumerSession#rpc(QName, CompositeNode)}\r
+ * <li> {@link Broker} finds registered {@link RpcImplementation}s\r
+ * <li> {@link Broker} invokes\r
+ * {@link RpcImplementation#invokeRpc(QName, CompositeNode)}\r
+ * <li> {@link RpcImplementation} processes the data and returns a\r
+ * {@link RpcResult}\r
+ * <li> {@link Broker} returns the {@link RpcResult} to {@link Consumer}\r
+ * </ol>\r
+ * \r
+ * \r
+ */\r
+public interface RpcImplementation extends Provider.ProviderFunctionality {\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * A set of rpc types supported by implementation.\r
+ * \r
+ * The set of rpc {@link QName}s which are supported by this implementation.\r
+ * This set is used, when {@link Provider} is registered to the SAL, to\r
+ * register and expose the implementation of the returned rpcs.\r
+ * \r
+ * @return Set of QNames identifying supported RPCs\r
+ */\r
+ Set<QName> getSupportedRpcs();\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Invokes a implementation of specified rpc.\r
+ * \r
+ * \r
+ * @param rpc\r
+ * Rpc to be invoked\r
+ * @param input\r
+ * Input data for rpc.\r
+ * \r
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException\r
+ * <ul>\r
+ * <li>If rpc is null.\r
+ * <li>If input is not <code>null</code> and\r
+ * <code>false == rpc.equals(input.getNodeType)</code>\r
+ * </ul>\r
+ * @return RpcResult containing the output of rpc if was executed\r
+ * successfully, the list of errors otherwise.\r
+ */\r
+ RpcResult<CompositeNode> invokeRpc(QName rpc, CompositeNode input);\r
+\r
+}\r