/*\r
- * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.\r
- *\r
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the\r
- * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,\r
- * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html\r
- */\r
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.\r
+ *\r
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the\r
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,\r
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html\r
+ */\r
package org.opendaylight.controller.yang.model.api;\r
\r
+/**\r
+ * Interface describing YANG 'identity' statement.\r
+ * <p>\r
+ * The 'identity' statement is used to define a new globally unique, abstract,\r
+ * and untyped identity. Its only purpose is to denote its name, semantics, and\r
+ * existence. The built-in datatype "identityref" can be used to reference\r
+ * identities within a data model.\r
+ * </p>\r
+ */\r
public interface IdentitySchemaNode extends SchemaNode {\r
\r
+ /**\r
+ * @return an existing identity, from which the new identity is derived or\r
+ * null, if the identity is defined from scratch.\r
+ */\r
IdentitySchemaNode getBaseIdentity();\r
\r
}\r