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diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-spi/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/spi/data/DOMStoreReadTransaction.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-spi/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/spi/data/DOMStoreReadTransaction.java
index 84d09c7cb0..719a6f0499 100644
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-spi/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/spi/data/DOMStoreReadTransaction.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-spi/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/spi/data/DOMStoreReadTransaction.java
@@ -34,4 +34,20 @@ public interface DOMStoreReadTransaction extends DOMStoreTransaction {
      *         </ul>
      */
     CheckedFuture<Optional<NormalizedNode<?,?>>, ReadFailedException> read(YangInstanceIdentifier path);
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if data is available in the logical data store located at provided path
+     *
+     * @param path
+     *            Path which uniquely identifies subtree which client want to
+     *            check existence of
+     * @return a CheckFuture containing the result of the check.
+     *         <ul>
+     *         <li>If the data at the supplied path exists, the Future returns a Boolean
+     *         whose value is true, false otherwise</li>
+     *         <li>If checking for the data fails, the Future will fail with a
+     *         {@link ReadFailedException} or an exception derived from ReadFailedException.</li>
+     *         </ul>
+     */
+    CheckedFuture<Boolean, ReadFailedException> exists(YangInstanceIdentifier path);
 }