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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.routingapi;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a way of interacting with the RIB management component.
+ */
+public interface RoutingService {
+
+    /**
+     * Starts the routing service.
+     *
+     * @param listener listener to send FIB updates to
+     */
+    public void start(FibListener listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Stops the routing service.
+     */
+    public void stop();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets all IPv4 routes known to SDN-IP.
+     *
+     * @return the SDN-IP IPv4 routes
+     */
+    public Collection<RouteEntry> getRoutes4();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets all IPv6 routes known to SDN-IP.
+     *
+     * @return the SDN-IP IPv6 routes
+     */
+    public Collection<RouteEntry> getRoutes6();
+}