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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.config.shutdown;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+
+public interface ShutdownService {
+
+ /**
+ * Shut down the server.
+ *
+ * @param inputSecret must match configured secret of the implementation
+ * @param reason Optional string to be logged while shutting down
+ */
+ void shutdown(String inputSecret, Optional<String> reason);
+}