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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 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.sal.core.api;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Broker.ProviderSession;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Defines the component of controller and supplies additional metadata. A
+ * component of the controller or application supplies a concrete implementation
+ * of this interface.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * A user-implemented component (application) which faciliates the SAL and SAL
+ * services to access infrastructure services and to provide functionality to
+ * {@link Consumer}s and other providers.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+public interface Provider {
+
+ /**
+ * Callback signaling initialization of the provider session to the SAL.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * The provider <b>MUST use the session</b> for all communication with SAL
+ * or retrieving SAL infrastructure services.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * This method is invoked by {@link Broker#registerConsumer(Consumer)}
+ *
+ * @param session
+ * Unique session between provider and SAL.
+ */
+ public void onSessionInitiated(ProviderSession session);
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a set of implementations of provider functionality to be registered
+ * into system during the provider registration to the SAL.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * This method is invoked by {@link Broker#registerProvider(Provider)} to
+ * learn the initial provided functionality
+ *
+ * @return Set of provider's functionality.
+ */
+ public Collection<ProviderFunctionality> getProviderFunctionality();
+
+ /**
+ * Functionality provided by the {@link Provider}
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Marker interface used to mark the interfaces describing specific
+ * functionality which could be exposed by providers to other components.
+ *
+
+ *
+ */
+ public interface ProviderFunctionality {
+
+ }
+}