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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.rpc;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
+// Implementation is expected to be a handler for RPC channel
+// and shim-layer to convert Java Service interface calls to/from RPC call
+/**
+ * Context for Remote service.
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface RemoteServiceContext {
+
+    // we may need a method to check connection state?
+
+    /**
+     * Returns implementation of the specified service class.
+     *
+     * @param serviceClass service class
+     * @param <T>          type of service
+     * @return implementation class
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if this context does not support it.
+     */
+    <T> T get(Class<T> serviceClass);
+}