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+package org.onosproject.store.service;
+
+import org.onosproject.store.Timestamp;
+
+/**
+ * Service that issues logical timestamps.
+ * <p>
+ * The logical timestamps are useful for establishing a total ordering of
+ * arbitrary cluster wide events without relying on a fully synchronized
+ * system clock (wall clock)
+ */
+public interface LogicalClockService {
+
+    /**
+     * Generates a new logical timestamp.
+     *
+     * @return timestamp
+     */
+    Timestamp getTimestamp();
+}