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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.schema.provider;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import java.util.Set;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.schema.provider.impl.YangTextSchemaSourceSerializationProxy;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.repo.api.SourceIdentifier;
+import scala.concurrent.Future;
+
+/**
+ * A remote yang text source provider provides serializable yang text sources.
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface RemoteYangTextSourceProvider {
+
+ Future<Set<SourceIdentifier>> getProvidedSources();
+
+ Future<YangTextSchemaSourceSerializationProxy> getYangTextSchemaSource(@Nonnull SourceIdentifier identifier);
+}