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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.sal.core.spi.data;
+
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.Identifiable;
+
+/**
+ * DOM Data Store transaction
+ *
+ * See {@link DOMStoreReadTransaction}, {@link DOMStoreWriteTransaction} and {@link DOMStoreReadWriteTransaction}
+ * for specific transaction types.
+ *
+ */
+public interface DOMStoreTransaction extends AutoCloseable, Identifiable<Object> {
+ /**
+ * Unique identifier of the transaction
+ */
+ @Override
+ public Object getIdentifier();
+
+ @Override
+ void close();
+}