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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.pcepio.protocol;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.exceptions.PcepParseException;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.types.PcepObjectHeader;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.types.PcepValueType;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of an entity providing PCEP IRO Object.
+ */
+public interface PcepIroObject {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns list of  SubObjects.
+     *
+     * @return list of  SubObjects
+     */
+    LinkedList<PcepValueType> getSubObjects();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets list of SubObjects.
+     *
+     * @param llSubObjects list of SubObjects
+     */
+    void setSubObjects(LinkedList<PcepValueType> llSubObjects);
+
+    /**
+     * Prints attributes of IRO object.
+     */
+    void print();
+
+    /**
+     * Writes the IRO into channel buffer.
+     *
+     * @param bb channel buffer
+     * @return Returns the writerIndex of this buffer
+     * @throws PcepParseException while writing IRO object.
+     */
+    public int write(ChannelBuffer bb) throws PcepParseException;
+
+    /**
+     * Builder interface with get and set functions to build IRO object.
+     */
+    public interface Builder {
+
+        /**
+         * Builds IRO Object.
+         *
+         * @return IRO Object
+         */
+        PcepIroObject build();
+
+        /**
+         * Returns IRO object header.
+         *
+         * @return IRO object header
+         */
+        PcepObjectHeader getIroObjHeader();
+
+        /**
+         * Sets IRO object header and returns its builder.
+         *
+         * @param obj IRO object header
+         * @return Builder by setting IRO object header
+         */
+        Builder setIroObjHeader(PcepObjectHeader obj);
+
+        /**
+         * Returns list of SubObjects.
+         *
+         * @return list of SubObjects
+         */
+        LinkedList<PcepValueType> getSubObjects();
+
+        /**
+         * Sets list of SubObjects in IRO Object and returns its builder.
+         *
+         * @param llSubObjects list of  SubObjects
+         * @return Builder by setting list of  SubObjects
+         */
+        Builder setSubObjects(LinkedList<PcepValueType> llSubObjects);
+
+        /**
+         * Sets P flag in IRO object header and returns its builder.
+         *
+         * @param value boolean value to set P flag
+         * @return Builder by setting P flag
+         */
+        Builder setPFlag(boolean value);
+
+        /**
+         * Sets I flag in IRO object header and returns its builder.
+         *
+         * @param value boolean value to set I flag
+         * @return Builder by setting I flag
+         */
+        Builder setIFlag(boolean value);
+    }
+}