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+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 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.controller.protocol_plugin.openflow.core;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.openflow.protocol.OFType;
+
+/**
+ * This interface defines an abstraction of the Open Flow Controller that allows applications to control and manage the Open Flow switches.
+ *
+ */
+public interface IController {
+
+    /**
+     * Allows application to start receiving OF messages received from switches.
+     * @param type the type of OF message that applications want to receive
+      * @param listener: Object that implements the IMessageListener
+     */
+    public void addMessageListener(OFType type, IMessageListener listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Allows application to stop receiving OF message received from switches.
+     * @param type The type of OF message that applications want to stop receiving
+     * @param listener The object that implements the IMessageListener
+     */
+    public void removeMessageListener(OFType type, IMessageListener listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Allows application to start receiving switch state change events.
+     * @param listener The object that implements the ISwitchStateListener
+     */
+    public void addSwitchStateListener(ISwitchStateListener listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Allows application to stop receiving switch state change events.
+     * @param listener The object that implements the ISwitchStateListener
+     */
+    public void removeSwitchStateListener(ISwitchStateListener listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a map containing all the OF switches that are currently connected to the Controller.
+     * @return Map of ISwitch
+     */
+    public Map<Long, ISwitch> getSwitches();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the ISwitch of the given switchId.
+     *
+     * @param switchId The switch ID
+     * @return ISwitch if present, null otherwise
+     */
+    public ISwitch getSwitch(Long switchId);
+
+    public InetAddress getControllerIdForSwitch(Long id);
+
+
+}