protocols/netconf/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/netconf/ctl/NetconfStreamHandler.java

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package org.onosproject.netconf.ctl;

import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfDeviceOutputEventListener;

import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;

/**
 * Interface to represent an objects that does all the IO on a NETCONF session
 * with a device.
 */
public interface NetconfStreamHandler {
    /**
     * Sends the request on the stream that is used to communicate to and from the device.
     *
     * @param request request to send to the physical device
     * @return a CompletableFuture of type String that will contain the response for the request.
     */
    CompletableFuture<String> sendMessage(String request);

    /**
     * Adds a listener for netconf events on the handled stream.
     *
     * @param listener Netconf device event listener
     */
    void addDeviceEventListener(NetconfDeviceOutputEventListener listener);

    /**
     * Removes a listener for netconf events on the handled stream.
     *
     * @param listener Netconf device event listener
     */
    void removeDeviceEventListener(NetconfDeviceOutputEventListener listener);
}