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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.net.flowobjective;
+
+/**
+ * The context of a objective that will become the subject of
+ * the notification.
+ *
+ * Implementations of this class must be serializable.
+ */
+public interface ObjectiveContext {
+
+    default void onSuccess(Objective objective) {}
+
+    default void onError(Objective objective, ObjectiveError error) {}
+
+}