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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.tetopology.management.api;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.Provider;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of an IETF network provider.
+ * APIs for Manager to signal Provider.
+ */
+public interface TeTopologyProvider extends Provider {
+
+    /**
+     * TODO:
+     *
+     * Signals provider that abstract networks/network/link/node has been created/updated/deleted.
+     * It's used by producers.
+     *
+     */
+
+    // TODO: Need to look at the following functions are required for TE Nodes
+
+    // TODO: consider how dirty the triggerProbe gets; if it costs too much, let's drop it
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers an asynchronous probe of the specified device, intended to
+     * determine whether the device is present or not. An indirect result of this
+     * should be invocation of
+     * {@link org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProviderService#deviceConnected} )} or
+     * {@link org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProviderService#deviceDisconnected}
+     * at some later point in time.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId ID of device to be probed
+     */
+    //void triggerProbe(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Notifies the provider of a mastership role change for the specified
+     * device as decided by the core.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId  device identifier
+     * @param newRole newly determined mastership role
+     */
+    //void roleChanged(DeviceId deviceId, MastershipRole newRole);
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the reachability (connectivity) of a device from this provider.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId  device identifier
+     * @return true if reachable, false otherwise
+     */
+    //boolean isReachable(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+}