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diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/api/RpcImplementation.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/api/RpcImplementation.java
index 6b1030a815..5055ad1430 100644
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/api/RpcImplementation.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/api/RpcImplementation.java
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
  */
 package org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api;
 
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import java.util.Set;
-
-import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Broker.ConsumerSession;
-import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Broker.ProviderSession;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.common.QName;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.common.RpcResult;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.CompositeNode;
@@ -27,14 +25,14 @@ import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.CompositeNode;
  * {@link Provider#getProviderFunctionality()}
  * <li>passing an instance of implementation and {@link QName} of rpc as
  * arguments to the
- * {@link ProviderSession#addRpcImplementation(QName, RpcImplementation)}
+ * {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Broker.ProviderSession#addRpcImplementation(QName, RpcImplementation)}
  * </ul>
  *
  * The simplified process of the invocation of rpc is following:
  *
  * <ol>
  * <li> {@link Consumer} invokes
- * {@link ConsumerSession#rpc(QName, CompositeNode)}
+ * {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Broker.ConsumerSession#rpc(QName, CompositeNode)}
  * <li> {@link Broker} finds registered {@link RpcImplementation}s
  * <li> {@link Broker} invokes
  * {@link RpcImplementation#invokeRpc(QName, CompositeNode)}
@@ -43,8 +41,9 @@ import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.CompositeNode;
  * <li> {@link Broker} returns the {@link RpcResult} to {@link Consumer}
  * </ol>
  *
- *
+ * @deprecated Use {@link org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.dom.api.DOMRpcImplementation} instead.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public interface RpcImplementation extends Provider.ProviderFunctionality {
 
     /**
@@ -59,13 +58,12 @@ public interface RpcImplementation extends Provider.ProviderFunctionality {
     Set<QName> getSupportedRpcs();
 
     /**
-     * Invokes a implementation of specified rpc.
-     *
+     * Invokes a implementation of specified RPC asynchronously.
      *
      * @param rpc
-     *            Rpc to be invoked
+     *            RPC to be invoked
      * @param input
-     *            Input data for rpc.
+     *            Input data for the RPC.
      *
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException
      *             <ul>
@@ -73,9 +71,9 @@ public interface RpcImplementation extends Provider.ProviderFunctionality {
      *             <li>If input is not <code>null</code> and
      *             <code>false == rpc.equals(input.getNodeType)</code>
      *             </ul>
-     * @return RpcResult containing the output of rpc if was executed
-     *         successfully, the list of errors otherwise.
+     * @return Future promising an RpcResult containing the output of
+     *         the RPC if was executed successfully, the list of errors
+     *         otherwise.
      */
-    RpcResult<CompositeNode> invokeRpc(QName rpc, CompositeNode input);
-
+    ListenableFuture<RpcResult<CompositeNode>> invokeRpc(QName rpc, CompositeNode input);
 }