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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Pantheon Technologies s.r.o. and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+package org.opendaylight.openflowjava.protocol.api.connection;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.FutureCallback;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.opendaylight.openflow.protocol.rev130731.OfHeader;
+
+@Beta
+public interface OutboundQueue {
+ /**
+ * Reserve an entry in the outbound queue.
+ * @return XID for the new message, or null if the queue is full
+ */
+ Long reserveEntry();
+
+ /**
+ * Commit the specified offset using a message. Specified callback will
+ * be invoked once we know how it has resolved, either with a normal response,
+ * implied completion via a barrier, or failure (such as connection drop). For
+ * multipart responses, {@link FutureCallback#onSuccess(Object)} will be invoked
+ * multiple times as the corresponding responses arrive. If the request is completed
+ * with a response, the object reported will be non-null. If the request's completion
+ * is implied by a barrier, the object reported will be null.
+ *
+ * @param xid Previously-reserved XID
+ * @param message Message which should be sent out, or null if the reservation
+ * should be cancelled.
+ * @param callback Callback to be invoked, or null if no callback should be invoked.
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the slot is already committed or was never reserved.
+ */
+ void commitEntry(@Nonnull Long xid, @Nullable OfHeader message, @Nullable FutureCallback<OfHeader> callback);
+}