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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Brocade Communications 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.config.api;
+
+/**
+ * Service interface for the config system.
+ *
+ * @author Thomas Pantelis
+ */
+public interface ConfigSystemService {
+ /**
+ * This method closes all the config system modules. This method should only be called on process
+ * shutdown and is provided as a hook to control the shutdown sequence.
+ */
+ void closeAllConfigModules();
+}