Towards a distributed flow rule store
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/FlowRuleBatchEvent.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/FlowRuleBatchEvent.java
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+package org.onlab.onos.net.flow;
+
+import org.onlab.onos.event.AbstractEvent;
+
+/**
+ * Describes flow rule batch event.
+ */
+public final class FlowRuleBatchEvent extends AbstractEvent<FlowRuleBatchEvent.Type, FlowRuleBatchRequest> {
+
+    /**
+     * Type of flow rule events.
+     */
+    public enum Type {
+
+        /**
+         * Signifies that a batch operation has been initiated.
+         */
+        BATCH_OPERATION_REQUESTED,
+
+        /**
+         * Signifies that a batch operation has completed.
+         */
+        BATCH_OPERATION_COMPLETED,
+    }
+
+    private final CompletedBatchOperation result;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new FlowRuleBatchEvent.
+     * @param request batch operation request.
+     * @return event.
+     */
+    public static FlowRuleBatchEvent create(FlowRuleBatchRequest request) {
+        FlowRuleBatchEvent event = new FlowRuleBatchEvent(Type.BATCH_OPERATION_REQUESTED, request, null);
+        return event;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new FlowRuleBatchEvent.
+     * @param request batch operation request.
+     * @param result completed batch operation result.
+     * @return event.
+     */
+    public static FlowRuleBatchEvent create(FlowRuleBatchRequest request, CompletedBatchOperation result) {
+        FlowRuleBatchEvent event = new FlowRuleBatchEvent(Type.BATCH_OPERATION_COMPLETED, request, result);
+        return event;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the result of this batch operation.
+     * @return batch operation result.
+     */
+    public CompletedBatchOperation result() {
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an event of a given type and for the specified flow rule batch.
+     *
+     * @param type    flow rule batch event type
+     * @param batch    event flow rule batch subject
+     */
+    private FlowRuleBatchEvent(Type type, FlowRuleBatchRequest request, CompletedBatchOperation result) {
+        super(type, request);
+        this.result = result;
+    }
+}