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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.binding.api.data;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.api.BindingAwareProvider;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.api.BindingAwareProvider.ProviderFunctionality;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataRoot;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.common.RpcResult;
+
+public interface DataValidator extends ProviderFunctionality {
+
+ RpcResult<Void> validate(DataRoot data);
+}