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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.data;\r
+\r
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;\r
+\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.common.DataStoreIdentifier;\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.BrokerService;\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Consumer;\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Provider;\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.yang.common.RpcResult;\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.yang.data.api.CompositeNode;\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.yang.data.api.CompositeNodeModification;\r
+import org.opendaylight.controller.yang.data.api.Node;\r
+\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * DataBrokerService provides unified access to the data stores available in the\r
+ * system.\r
+ * \r
+ * \r
+ * @see DataProviderService\r
+ * \r
+ */\r
+public interface DataBrokerService extends BrokerService {\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns a data from specified Data Store.\r
+ * \r
+ * Returns all the data visible to the consumer from specified Data Store.\r
+ * \r
+ * @param store\r
+ * Identifier of the store, from which will be data retrieved\r
+ * @return data visible to the consumer\r
+ */\r
+ CompositeNode getData(DataStoreIdentifier store);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns a filtered subset of data from specified Data Store.\r
+ * \r
+ * <p>\r
+ * The filter is modeled as an hierarchy of {@link Node} starting with\r
+ * {@link CompositeNode} representing data root. The semantics of the filter\r
+ * tree is the same as filter semantics defined in the NETCONF protocol for\r
+ * rpc operations <code>get</code> and <code>get-config</code> in Section 6\r
+ * of RFC6241.\r
+ * \r
+ * \r
+ * @see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6241#section-6\r
+ * @param store\r
+ * Identifier of the store, from which will be data retrieved\r
+ * @param filter\r
+ * Data tree filter similar to the NETCONF filter\r
+ * @return\r
+ */\r
+ CompositeNode getData(DataStoreIdentifier store, CompositeNode filter);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns a candidate data which are not yet commited.\r
+ * \r
+ * \r
+ * @param store\r
+ * Identifier of the store, from which will be data retrieved\r
+ * @return\r
+ */\r
+ CompositeNode getCandidateData(DataStoreIdentifier store);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns a filtered subset of candidate data from specified Data Store.\r
+ * \r
+ * <p>\r
+ * The filter is modeled as an hierarchy of {@link Node} starting with\r
+ * {@link CompositeNode} representing data root. The semantics of the filter\r
+ * tree is the same as filter semantics defined in the NETCONF protocol for\r
+ * rpc operations <code>get</code> and <code>get-config</code> in Section 6\r
+ * of RFC6241.\r
+ * \r
+ * \r
+ * @see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6241#section-6\r
+ * @param store\r
+ * Identifier of the store, from which will be data retrieved\r
+ * @param filter\r
+ * A CompositeNode filter\r
+ * @return\r
+ */\r
+ CompositeNode getCandidateData(DataStoreIdentifier store,\r
+ CompositeNode filter);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * \r
+ * @param store\r
+ * Identifier of the store, in which will be the candidate data\r
+ * modified\r
+ * @param changeSet\r
+ * Modification of data tree.\r
+ * @return Result object containing the modified data tree if the operation\r
+ * was successful, otherwise list of the encountered errors.\r
+ */\r
+ RpcResult<CompositeNode> editCandidateData(DataStoreIdentifier store,\r
+ CompositeNodeModification changeSet);\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Initiates a two-phase commit of candidate data.\r
+ * \r
+ * <p>\r
+ * The {@link Consumer} could initiate a commit of candidate data\r
+ * \r
+ * <p>\r
+ * The successful commit changes the state of the system and may affect\r
+ * several components.\r
+ * \r
+ * <p>\r
+ * The effects of successful commit of data are described in the\r
+ * specifications and YANG models describing the {@link Provider} components\r
+ * of controller. It is assumed that {@link Consumer} has an understanding\r
+ * of this changes.\r
+ * \r
+ * \r
+ * @see DataCommitHandler for further information how two-phase commit is\r
+ * processed.\r
+ * @param store\r
+ * Identifier of the store, where commit should occur.\r
+ * @return Result of the commit, containing success information or list of\r
+ * encountered errors, if commit was not successful.\r
+ */\r
+ Future<RpcResult<Void>> commit(DataStoreIdentifier store);\r
+}\r