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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 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.md.sal.binding.api;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.common.api.data.AsyncDataBroker;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.common.api.data.LogicalDatastoreType;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.ListenerRegistration;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
+
+/**
+ * Provides access to a conceptual data tree store and also provides the ability to
+ * subscribe for changes to data under a given branch of the tree.
+ * <p>
+ * For more information on usage, please see the documentation in {@link AsyncDataBroker}.
+ */
+public interface DataBroker extends AsyncDataBroker<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject, DataChangeListener>, BindingService {
+ @Override
+ ReadOnlyTransaction newReadOnlyTransaction();
+
+ @Override
+ ReadWriteTransaction newReadWriteTransaction();
+
+ @Override
+ WriteTransaction newWriteOnlyTransaction();
+
+ @Override
+ ListenerRegistration<DataChangeListener> registerDataChangeListener(LogicalDatastoreType store,
+ InstanceIdentifier<?> path, DataChangeListener listener, DataChangeScope triggeringScope);
+}