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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.common.api.data;
+
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.Identifiable;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.Path;
+
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author
+ *
+ * @param <P> Type of path (subtree identifier), which represents location in tree
+ * @param <D> Type of data (payload), which represents data payload
+ */
+public interface AsyncTransaction<P extends Path<P>,D> extends //
+ Identifiable<Object>,
+ AutoCloseable {
+
+ @Override
+ public Object getIdentifier();
+
+ /**
+ * Closes transaction and releases all resources associated with it.
+ */
+ @Override
+ public void close();
+}