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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 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.cluster.raft.base.messages;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Message sent from a leader to its followers to indicate leadership transfer is starting.
+ *
+ * @author Thomas Pantelis
+ */
+public class LeaderTransitioning implements Serializable {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+}