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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 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.raft.base.messages;
+
+/**
+ * The FollowerInitialSyncUpStatus is sent by a Follower to inform any RaftActor subclass whether the Follower
+ * is at least at the same commitIndex as the Leader was when it sent the follower the very first heartbeat.
+ *
+ * This status can be used to determine if a Follower has caught up with the current Leader in an upgrade scenario
+ * for example.
+ *
+ */
+public class FollowerInitialSyncUpStatus {
+ private final boolean initialSyncDone;
+
+ public FollowerInitialSyncUpStatus(boolean initialSyncDone){
+ this.initialSyncDone = initialSyncDone;
+ }
+
+ public boolean isInitialSyncDone() {
+ return initialSyncDone;
+ }
+}