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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.groupbasedpolicy.sxp.ep.provider.impl;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+/**
+ * Purpose: encapsulate access to DS by exposing
+ * <dl>
+ * <dt>find</dt>
+ * <dd>search through cached values</dd>
+ * <dt>update</dt>
+ * <dd>stores given pair (key, value) to local cache</dd>
+ * </dl>
+ *
+ * @param <K> data key type
+ * @param <V> data type
+ */
+public interface SimpleCachedDao<K, V> extends SimpleDao<K, V> {
+
+ /**
+ * store given pair to local cache
+ *
+ * @param key associated to value
+ * @param value associated to key
+ */
+ V update(@Nonnull K key, @Nullable V value);
+
+ /**
+ * invalidate all cache entries
+ */
+ void invalidateCache();
+
+ /**
+ * @return true if there is nothing cached
+ */
+ boolean isEmpty();
+
+ /**
+ * @return unmodifiable iterator through all cached values
+ */
+ Iterable<V> values();
+}