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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco Systems, Inc. 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.mdsal.singleton.common.api;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.Identifiable;
+
+/**
+ * {@link ClusterSingletonService} interface represents a single cluster service instance. It has to implement
+ * every service (RPCs or Applications) which would like to be instantiated on same Cluster Node. Grouping is
+ * realized by ServiceGroupIdentifier. Servicies with same ServiceGroupIdentifier have to run on same Cluster
+ * Node. ServiceGroupIdentifier must not change during whole {@link ClusterSingletonService} lifecycle.
+ */
+public interface ClusterSingletonService extends Identifiable<ServiceGroupIdentifier> {
+
+ /**
+ * This method is invoked to instantiate an underlying service instance when
+ * ownership has been granted for the service entity.
+ */
+ void instantiateServiceInstance();
+
+ /**
+ * This method is invoked to close the underlying service instance when ownership has been lost
+ * for the service entity. If the act of closing the instance may perform blocking operations or
+ * take some time, it should be done asynchronously to avoid blocking the current thread.
+ *
+ * @return a ListenableFuture that is completed when the underlying instance close operation is complete.
+ */
+ ListenableFuture<Void> closeServiceInstance();
+
+}