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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;
+
+/**
+ * @file IRefreshInternalProvider.java
+ *
+ * @brief Topology refresh notifications requested by application
+ * to be fetched from the plugin
+ *
+ * For example, an application that has been started late, will want to
+ * be up to date with the latest topology. Hence, it requests for a
+ * topology refresh from the plugin.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Topology refresh requested by the application from the plugin
+ *
+ */
+
+public interface IRefreshInternalProvider {
+
+ /**
+ * @param containerName
+ * Name of the container for the topology
+ */
+ public void requestRefresh(String containerName);
+}