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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.incubator.net.resource.label;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import org.onosproject.event.ListenerService;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+
+/**
+ * Service for providing label resource allocation.
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface LabelResourceService
+    extends ListenerService<LabelResourceEvent, LabelResourceListener> {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns labels from resource pool by a specific device id.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @param applyNum the applying number
+     * @return collection of applying labels
+     */
+    Collection<LabelResource> applyFromDevicePool(DeviceId deviceId,
+                                                  long applyNum);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns labels from the global label resource pool.
+     *
+     * @param applyNum the applying number
+     * @return collection of applying labels
+     */
+    Collection<LabelResource> applyFromGlobalPool(long applyNum);
+
+    /**
+     * Releases unused labels to device pools .
+     *
+     * @param release the collection of releasing labels
+     * @return success or fail
+     */
+    boolean releaseToDevicePool(Multimap<DeviceId, LabelResource> release);
+
+    /**
+     * Releases unused labels to the global resource pool.
+     *
+     * @param release release the collection of releasing labels
+     * @return success or fail
+     */
+    boolean releaseToGlobalPool(Set<LabelResourceId> release);
+
+    /**
+     * Judges if the pool of a specific device id is full.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return yes or no
+     */
+    boolean isDevicePoolFull(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Judges if the global resource pool is full.
+     *
+     * @return yes or no
+     */
+    boolean isGlobalPoolFull();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the unused label number of a label resource pool by a specific device
+     * id.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return number of unused labels
+     */
+    long getFreeNumOfDevicePool(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the unused label number of a global label resource pool.
+     *
+     * @return number of unused labels
+     */
+    long getFreeNumOfGlobalPool();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the label resource pool of a label resource by a specific device
+     * id.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return the device label resource pool
+     */
+    LabelResourcePool getDeviceLabelResourcePool(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the global label resource pool.
+     *
+     * @return the global label resource pool
+     */
+    LabelResourcePool getGlobalLabelResourcePool();
+
+}