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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.service;
+
+import org.onosproject.store.primitives.DistributedPrimitiveOptions;
+
+/**
+ * Builder for {@link ConsistentMap} instances.
+ *
+ * @param <K> type for map key
+ * @param <V> type for map value
+ */
+public abstract class ConsistentMapOptions<O extends ConsistentMapOptions<O, K, V>, K, V>
+    extends DistributedPrimitiveOptions<O> {
+
+    private boolean nullValues = false;
+    private boolean purgeOnUninstall = false;
+
+    public ConsistentMapOptions() {
+        super(DistributedPrimitive.Type.CONSISTENT_MAP);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Enables null values in the map.
+     *
+     * @return this builder
+     */
+    public O withNullValues() {
+        nullValues = true;
+        return (O) this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clears map contents when the owning application is uninstalled.
+     *
+     * @return this builder
+     */
+    public O withPurgeOnUninstall() {
+        purgeOnUninstall = true;
+        return (O) this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether null values are supported by the map.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if null values are supported; {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    public boolean nullValues() {
+        return nullValues;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns if map entries need to be cleared when owning application is uninstalled.
+     * @return {@code true} if yes; {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
+    public boolean purgeOnUninstall() {
+        return purgeOnUninstall;
+    }
+
+}