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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.kafkaintegration.api;
+
+import org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.dto.OnosEvent;
+
+/**
+ * APIs to insert and delete into a local store. This store is used to keep
+ * track of events that are being published.
+ */
+public interface KafkaEventStorageService {
+
+    /**
+     * Inserts the Generated event into the local cache.
+     *
+     * @param e the ONOS Event
+     * @return true if the insertion was successful
+     */
+    boolean insertCacheEntry(OnosEvent e);
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the counter with the most recently published event's sequence
+     * number.
+     *
+     * @param sequenceNumber the updated value of sequence number.
+     */
+    void updateLastPublishedEntry(Long sequenceNumber);
+}