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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 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.notifications;
+
+import org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.ietf.params.xml.ns.netconf.notification._1._0.rev080714.StreamNameType;
+import org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.ietf.params.xml.ns.netmod.notification.rev080714.netconf.streams.Stream;
+
+/**
+ * Collector of all notifications. Base or generic
+ */
+public interface NetconfNotificationCollector {
+
+ /**
+ * Add notification publisher for a particular stream
+ *
+ * Implementations should allow for multiple publishers of a single stream
+ * and its up to implementations to decide how to merge metadata (e.g. description)
+ * for the same stream when providing information about available stream
+ *
+ */
+ NotificationPublisherRegistration registerNotificationPublisher(Stream stream);
+
+ /**
+ * Register base notification publisher
+ */
+ BaseNotificationPublisherRegistration registerBaseNotificationPublisher();
+
+ /**
+ * Users of the registry have an option to get notification each time new notification stream gets registered
+ * This allows for a push model in addition to pull model for retrieving information about available streams.
+ *
+ * The listener should receive callbacks for each stream available prior to the registration when its registered
+ */
+ NotificationRegistration registerStreamListener(NetconfNotificationStreamListener listener);
+
+ /**
+ * Simple listener that receives notifications about changes in stream availability
+ */
+ public interface NetconfNotificationStreamListener {
+
+ /**
+ * Stream becomes available in the collector (first publisher is registered)
+ */
+ void onStreamRegistered(Stream stream);
+
+ /**
+ * Stream is not available anymore in the collector (last publisher is unregistered)
+ */
+ void onStreamUnregistered(StreamNameType stream);
+ }
+
+}