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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 org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of an entity providing PCEP Keepalive Message.
+ */
+public interface PcepKeepaliveMsg extends PcepObject, PcepMessage {
+
+    @Override
+    PcepVersion getVersion();
+
+    @Override
+    PcepType getType();
+
+    @Override
+    void writeTo(ChannelBuffer channelBuffer);
+
+    /**
+     * Builder interface with get and set functions to build Keepalive message.
+     */
+    public interface Builder extends PcepMessage.Builder {
+
+        @Override
+        PcepKeepaliveMsg build();
+
+        @Override
+        PcepVersion getVersion();
+
+        @Override
+        PcepType getType();
+    }
+}