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diff --git a/framework/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/protocol/framework/ProtocolMessageFactory.java b/framework/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/protocol/framework/ProtocolMessageFactory.java
index ffc18e4a9b..b24ab01774 100644
--- a/framework/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/protocol/framework/ProtocolMessageFactory.java
+++ b/framework/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/protocol/framework/ProtocolMessageFactory.java
@@ -7,15 +7,18 @@
  */
 package org.opendaylight.protocol.framework;
 
-import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * Interface for factory for parsing and serializing protocol specific messages. Needs to be implemented by a protocol
  * specific message factory. The methods put/parse should delegate parsing to specific message parsers, e.g.
  * OpenMessageParser etc.
- *
+ * 
  * @param <T> type of messages created by this factory
+ * 
+ * @deprecated Interact with Netty 4.0 directly, by subclassing {@link io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageCodec} or
+ * similar.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public interface ProtocolMessageFactory<T> {
 
 	/**
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ public interface ProtocolMessageFactory<T> {
 	 * @throws DeserializerException if some parsing error occurs
 	 * @throws DocumentedException if some documented error occurs
 	 */
-	public List<T> parse(final byte[] bytes) throws DeserializerException, DocumentedException;
+	T parse(byte[] bytes) throws DeserializerException, DocumentedException;
 
 	/**
 	 * Serializes protocol specific message to byte array.
@@ -34,5 +37,5 @@ public interface ProtocolMessageFactory<T> {
 	 * @param msg message to be serialized.
 	 * @return byte array resulting message
 	 */
-	public byte[] put(final T msg);
+	byte[] put(T msg);
 }