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+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 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.protocol_plugin.openflow;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Node;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.NodeConnector;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Property;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.UpdateType;
+
+/**
+ * The Interface provides inventory updates to inventory listeners within the
+ * protocol plugin
+ */
+public interface IInventoryShimInternalListener {
+ /**
+ * Updates node and its properties
+ *
+ * @param node {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Node} being updated
+ * @param type {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.UpdateType}
+ * @param props set of {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Property} such as
+ * {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Description} and/or
+ * {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Tier} etc.
+ */
+ public void updateNode(Node node, UpdateType type, Set<Property> props);
+
+ /**
+ * Updates node connector and its properties
+ *
+ * @param nodeConnector {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.NodeConnector} being updated
+ * @param type {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.UpdateType}
+ * @param props set of {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Property} such as
+ * {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Description} and/or
+ * {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.State} etc.
+ */
+ public void updateNodeConnector(NodeConnector nodeConnector,
+ UpdateType type, Set<Property> props);
+
+}