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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.datastore;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Verify;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.access.concepts.TransactionIdentifier;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.datastore.persisted.ShardDataTreeSnapshotMetadata;
+
+abstract class ShardDataTreeMetadata<T extends ShardDataTreeSnapshotMetadata<T>> {
+ final void applySnapshot(@Nonnull final ShardDataTreeSnapshotMetadata<?> snapshot) {
+ Verify.verify(getSupportedType().isInstance(snapshot), "Snapshot %s misrouted to handler of %s", snapshot,
+ getSupportedType());
+ doApplySnapshot(getSupportedType().cast(snapshot));
+ }
+
+ abstract void reset();
+
+ abstract void doApplySnapshot(@Nonnull T snapshot);
+
+ abstract @Nonnull Class<T> getSupportedType();
+
+ abstract @Nullable T toStapshot();
+
+ // Lifecycle events
+ abstract void transactionCommitted(TransactionIdentifier txId);
+}