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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.tree;
+
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.InstanceIdentifier;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.schema.NormalizedNode;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+
+/**
+ * Read-only snapshot of a {@link DataTree}. The snapshot is stable and isolated,
+ * e.g. data tree changes occurring after the snapshot has been taken are not
+ * visible through the snapshot.
+ */
+public interface DataTreeSnapshot {
+ /**
+ * Read a particular node from the snapshot.
+ *
+ * @param path Path of the node
+ * @return Optional result encapsulating the presence and value of the node
+ */
+ Optional<NormalizedNode<?, ?>> readNode(InstanceIdentifier path);
+
+ /**
+ * Create a new data tree modification based on this snapshot, using the
+ * specified data application strategy.
+ *
+ * @param strategy data modification strategy
+ * @return A new data tree modification
+ */
+ DataTreeModification newModification(ModificationApplyOperation applyOper);
+}