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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.sal.core;
+
+/**
+ * @file IContainerAware.java
+ *
+ * @brief Define the interface to be called when the Container is being
+ * created/destroyed
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+public interface IContainerAware {
+ /**
+ * Method invoked to signal that a container is being created
+ *
+ * @param containerName Container being created
+ */
+ public void containerCreate(String containerName);
+
+ /**
+ * Method invoked to signal that a container is being destroyed
+ *
+ * @param containerName Container being destroyed
+ */
+ public void containerDestroy(String containerName);
+}