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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.app;
+
+import org.onosproject.core.Application;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.core.Permission;
+import org.onosproject.store.Store;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Service for managing network control applications.
+ */
+public interface ApplicationStore extends Store<ApplicationEvent, ApplicationStoreDelegate> {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the set of all installed applications.
+     *
+     * @return set of installed apps
+     */
+    Set<Application> getApplications();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the registered id of the application with the given name.
+     *
+     * @param name application name
+     * @return registered application id
+     */
+    ApplicationId getId(String name);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the application with the supplied application identifier.
+     *
+     * @param appId application identifier
+     * @return application descriptor
+     */
+    Application getApplication(ApplicationId appId);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current application state.
+     *
+     * @param appId application identifier
+     * @return application state
+     */
+    ApplicationState getState(ApplicationId appId);
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the application from the specified application descriptor
+     * input stream.
+     *
+     * @param appDescStream application archive input stream
+     * @return application descriptor
+     */
+    Application create(InputStream appDescStream);
+
+    /**
+     * Removes the specified application.
+     *
+     * @param appId application identifier
+     */
+    void remove(ApplicationId appId);
+
+    /**
+     * Mark the application as actived.
+     *
+     * @param appId application identifier
+     */
+    void activate(ApplicationId appId);
+
+    /**
+     * Mark the application as deactivated.
+     *
+     * @param appId application identifier
+     */
+    void deactivate(ApplicationId appId);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the permissions granted to the applications.
+     *
+     * @param appId application identifier
+     * @return set of granted permissions
+     */
+    Set<Permission> getPermissions(ApplicationId appId);
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the permissions granted to the applications.
+     *
+     * @param appId       application identifier
+     * @param permissions set of granted permissions
+     */
+    void setPermissions(ApplicationId appId, Set<Permission> permissions);
+
+}