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diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-binding-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/binding/api/BindingAwareProvider.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-binding-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/binding/api/BindingAwareProvider.java
index 0812e5f53c..399eda53ee 100644
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-binding-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/binding/api/BindingAwareProvider.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-binding-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/binding/api/BindingAwareProvider.java
@@ -7,63 +7,117 @@
  */
 package org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.api;
 
-import java.util.Collection;
-
-import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.api.BindingAwareBroker.ConsumerContext;
 import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.api.BindingAwareBroker.ProviderContext;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.RpcService;
 
 /**
+ * A developer implemented component that gets registered with the Broker.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Semantically, a provider may:
+ *
+ * <ol>
+ *   <li> Emit Notifications</li>
+ *   <li> Provide the implementation of RPCs </li>
+ *   <li> Write to the operational data tree </li>
+ * </ol>
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * If a class is not doing at least one of those three, consider using
+ * a BindingAwareConsumer instead:
+ * see {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.api.BindingAwareConsumer}
  *
- * Defines the component of controller and supplies additional metadata. A
- * component of the controller or application supplies a concrete implementation
- * of this interface.
+ * <p>
+ * In addition, a BindingAwareProvider can in pursuit of its goals:
+ * <ol>
+ *   <li>Subscribe for Notifications </li>
+ *   <li>Invoke RPCs</li>
+ *   <li>Read from either the operational or config data tree</li>
+ *   <li>Write to the config data tree</li>
+ * </ol>
+ * (All of the above are things a Consumer can also do).
  *
  * <p>
- * A user-implemented component (application) which facilitates the SAL and SAL
- * services to access infrastructure services and to provide functionality to
- * {@link Consumer}s and other providers.
+ * Examples:
+ *
+ *<p>
+ * To get a NotificationService:
  *
+ * {@code
+ * public void onSessionInitiated(ProviderContext session) {
+ *      NotificationProviderService notificationService = session.getSALService(NotificationProviderService.class);
+ * }
+ * }
+ * For more information on sending notifications via the NotificationProviderService
+ * see {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.binding.api.NotificationProviderService}
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * To register an RPC implementation:
+ *
+ * {@code
+ * public void onSessionInitiated(ProviderContext session) {
+ *    RpcRegistration<MyService> registration = session.addRpcImplementation(MyService.class, myImplementationInstance);
+ * }
+ * }
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Where MyService.class is a Service interface generated from a yang model with RPCs modeled in it and
+ * myImplementationInstance is an instance of a class that implements MyService.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * To register a Routed RPC Implementation:
+ * {@code
+ * public void onSessionInitiated(ProviderContext session) {
+ *   RoutedRpcRegistration<SalFlowService> flowRegistration = session.addRoutedRpcImplementation(SalFlowService.class,
+ *       salFlowServiceImplementationInstance);
+     flowRegistration.registerPath(NodeContext.class, nodeInstanceId);
+ * }
+ * }
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Where SalFlowService.class is a Service interface generated from a yang model with RPCs modeled in it and
+ * salFlowServiceImplementationInstance is an instance of a class that implements SalFlowService.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * The line:
+ * {@code
+ * flowRegistration.registerPath(NodeContext.class, nodeInstanceId);
+ * }
+ * Is indicating that the RPC implementation is registered to handle RPC invocations that have their NodeContext
+ * pointing to the node with instance id nodeInstanceId. This bears a bit of further explanation.  RoutedRPCs can be
+ * 'routed' to an implementation based upon 'context'.  'context' is a pointer (instanceId) to some place in the data
+ * tree.  In this example, the 'context' is a pointer to a Node.  In this way, a provider can register its ability to
+ * provide a service for a particular Node, but not *all* Nodes.  The Broker routes the RPC by 'context' to the correct
+ * implementation, without the caller having to do extra work.  Because of this when a RoutedRPC is registered, it
+ * needs to also be able to indicate for which 'contexts' it is providing an implementation.
  *
+ * <p>
+ * An example of a Routed RPC would be an updateFlow(node, flow) that would be routed based on node to the provider
+ * which had registered to provide it *for that node*.
+ *
+ *<p>
+ * To get a DataBroker to allow access to the data tree:
+ *
+ * {@code
+ * public void onSessionInitiated(final ProviderContext session) {
+ *      DataBroker databroker = session.getSALService(BindingDataBroker.class);
+ * }
+ * }
  */
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 public interface BindingAwareProvider {
 
     /**
-     * Returns a set of provided implementations of YANG modules and their rpcs.
-     *
-     *
-     * @return Set of provided implementation of YANG modules and their Rpcs
-     */
-    Collection<? extends RpcService> getImplementations();
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a set of implementations of provider functionality to be registered
-     * into system during the provider registration to the SAL.
+     * Callback signaling initialization of the consumer session to the SAL.
      *
      * <p>
-     * This method is invoked by {@link Broker#registerProvider(Provider)} to
-     * learn the initial provided functionality
-     *
-     * @return Set of provider's functionality.
-     */
-    Collection<? extends ProviderFunctionality> getFunctionality();
-
-    /**
-     * Functionality provided by the {@link BindingAwareProvider}
+     * The consumer MUST use the session for all communication with SAL or
+     * retrieving SAL infrastructure services.
      *
      * <p>
-     * Marker interface used to mark the interfaces describing specific
-     * functionality which could be exposed by providers to other components.
-     *
-     *
+     * This method is invoked by
+     * {@link BindingAwareBroker#registerProvider(BindingAwareProvider)}
      *
+     * @param session Unique session between consumer and SAL.
      */
-    public interface ProviderFunctionality {
-
-    }
-
     void onSessionInitiated(ProviderContext session);
-
-    void onSessionInitialized(ConsumerContext session);
-
 }