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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 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.cluster.access.commands;
+
+import akka.actor.ActorRef;
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.access.ABIVersion;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.access.concepts.LocalHistoryIdentifier;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.access.concepts.Request;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.access.concepts.RequestException;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract base class for {@link Request}s involving specific local history. This class is visible outside of this
+ * package solely for the ability to perform a unified instanceof check.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Varga
+ *
+ * @param <T> Message type
+ */
+@Beta
+public abstract class LocalHistoryRequest<T extends LocalHistoryRequest<T>> extends Request<LocalHistoryIdentifier, T> {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+ LocalHistoryRequest(final LocalHistoryIdentifier target, final ActorRef replyTo) {
+ super(target, replyTo);
+ }
+
+ LocalHistoryRequest(final T request, final ABIVersion version) {
+ super(request, version);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final LocalHistoryFailure toRequestFailure(final RequestException cause) {
+ return new LocalHistoryFailure(getTarget(), cause);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected abstract AbstractLocalHistoryRequestProxy<T> externalizableProxy(final ABIVersion version);
+}