diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/DefaultAtomicIdGenerator.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/DefaultAtomicIdGenerator.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present 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.store.primitives;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+
+import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncAtomicIdGenerator;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.AtomicIdGenerator;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.StorageException;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.Synchronous;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation for a {@code AtomicIdGenerator} backed by a {@link AsyncAtomicIdGenerator}.
+ */
+public class DefaultAtomicIdGenerator extends Synchronous<AsyncAtomicIdGenerator> implements AtomicIdGenerator {
+
+    private final AsyncAtomicIdGenerator asyncIdGenerator;
+    private final long operationTimeoutMillis;
+
+    public DefaultAtomicIdGenerator(AsyncAtomicIdGenerator asyncIdGenerator, long operationTimeoutMillis) {
+        super(asyncIdGenerator);
+        this.asyncIdGenerator = asyncIdGenerator;
+        this.operationTimeoutMillis = operationTimeoutMillis;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long nextId() {
+        return complete(asyncIdGenerator.nextId());
+    }
+
+    private <T> T complete(CompletableFuture<T> future) {
+        try {
+            return future.get(operationTimeoutMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            throw new StorageException.Interrupted();
+        } catch (TimeoutException e) {
+            throw new StorageException.Timeout();
+        } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+            throw new StorageException(e.getCause());
+        }
+    }
+}