core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cluster/Partition.java

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package org.onosproject.cluster;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * A partition or shard is a group of controller nodes that are work together to maintain state.
 * A ONOS cluster is typically made of of one or partitions over which the the data is partitioned.
 */
public interface Partition {

    /**
     * Returns the partition identifier.
     * @return partition identifier
     */
    PartitionId getId();

    /**
     * Returns the controller nodes that are members of this partition.
     * @return collection of controller node identifiers
     */
    Collection<NodeId> getMembers();
}