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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.reader;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.Node;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.DataSchemaNode;
+
+/**
+ * Generic provider(reader) of input arguments for commands
+ */
+public interface Reader<T extends DataSchemaNode> {
+
+ List<Node<?>> read(T schemaNode) throws ReadingException;
+
+}