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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.incubator.net.meter;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderService;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Service through which meter providers can inject information
+ * into the core.
+ */
+public interface MeterProviderService extends ProviderService<MeterProvider> {
+
+    /**
+     * Notifies the core that a meter operaton failed for a
+     * specific reason.
+     * @param operation the failed operation
+     * @param reason the failure reason
+     */
+    void meterOperationFailed(MeterOperation operation,
+                              MeterFailReason reason);
+
+    /**
+     * Pushes the collection of meters observed on the data plane as
+     * well as their associated statistics.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId a device id
+     * @param meterEntries a collection of meter entries
+     */
+    void pushMeterMetrics(DeviceId deviceId,
+                          Collection<Meter> meterEntries);
+
+
+}