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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.dom.store.impl;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.dom.store.impl.tree.NodeModification;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.dom.store.impl.tree.StoreMetadataNode;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.dom.store.impl.tree.StoreTreeNode;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.InstanceIdentifier.PathArgument;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Operation responsible for applying {@link NodeModification} on tree.
+ *
+ * Operation is composite - operation on top level node consists of
+ * suboperations on child nodes. This allows to walk operation hierarchy and
+ * invoke suboperations independently.
+ *
+ * <b>Implementation notes</b>
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>
+ * Implementations MUST expose all nested suboperations which operates on child
+ * nodes expose via {@link #getChild(PathArgument)} method.
+ * <li>Same suboperations SHOULD be used when invoked via
+ * {@link #apply(NodeModification, Optional)} if applicable.
+ *
+ *
+ * Hierarchical composite operation which is responsible for applying
+ * modification on particular subtree and creating updated subtree
+ *
+ *
+ */
+public interface ModificationApplyOperation extends StoreTreeNode<ModificationApplyOperation> {
+
+ /**
+ *
+ * Implementation of this operation must be stateless and must not change
+ * state of this object.
+ *
+ * @param modification
+ * NodeModification to be applied
+ * @param storeMeta
+ * Store Metadata Node on which NodeModification should be
+ * applied
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+ * If it is not possible to apply Operation on provided Metadata
+ * node
+ * @return new {@link StoreMetadataNode} if operation resulted in updating
+ * node, {@link Optional#absent()} if {@link NodeModification}
+ * resulted in deletion of this node.
+ */
+ Optional<StoreMetadataNode> apply(NodeModification modification, Optional<StoreMetadataNode> storeMeta);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a suboperation for specified tree node
+ *
+ * @return Reference to suboperation for specified tree node, {@link Optional#absent()}
+ * if suboperation is not supported for specified tree node.
+ */
+ @Override
+ public Optional<ModificationApplyOperation> getChild(PathArgument child);
+
+}