Refactor flow rule store to resolve missing flows with old masters following mastership reassignment
Change-Id: I7b7e639c84cbd23fe9ab1f12080f865cdfc7f7f9
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/flow/impl/LifecycleManager.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/flow/impl/LifecycleManager.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.store.flow.impl;
+
+import org.onosproject.event.ListenerService;
+
+/**
+ * Flow table lifecycle manager.
+ */
+public interface LifecycleManager extends ListenerService<LifecycleEvent, LifecycleEventListener> {
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the current term.
+ *
+ * @return the current term
+ */
+ DeviceReplicaInfo getReplicaInfo();
+
+ /**
+ * Activates the given term.
+ *
+ * @param term the term to activate
+ */
+ void activate(long term);
+
+ /**
+ * Closes the lifecycle manager.
+ */
+ void close();
+
+}