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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.netconf.cli.commands;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.netconf.cli.commands.input.Input;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.netconf.cli.commands.input.InputDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.netconf.cli.commands.output.Output;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.netconf.cli.commands.output.OutputDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.netconf.cli.io.ConsoleContext;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.common.QName;
+
+/**
+ * Local command e.g. help or remote rpc e.g. get-config must conform to this interface
+ */
+public interface Command {
+
+ Output invoke(Input inputArgs) throws CommandInvocationException;
+
+ InputDefinition getInputDefinition();
+
+ OutputDefinition getOutputDefinition();
+
+ QName getCommandId();
+
+ Optional<String> getCommandDescription();
+
+ ConsoleContext getConsoleContext();
+}