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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.AsyncReadWriteTransaction;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
+
+/**
+ * A transaction that enables combined read/write capabilities.
+ * <p>
+ * For more information on usage and examples, please see the documentation in {@link AsyncReadWriteTransaction}.
+ */
+public interface ReadWriteTransaction extends ReadTransaction, WriteTransaction, AsyncReadWriteTransaction<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> {
+
+}