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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.bgpio.protocol;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.exceptions.BgpParseException;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.types.BgpHeader;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of an entity providing BGP Message Reader.
+ */
+public interface BgpMessageReader<T> {
+
+    /**
+     * Reads the Objects in the BGP Message and Returns BGP Message.
+     *
+     * @param cb Channel Buffer
+     * @param bgpHeader BGP message header
+     * @return BGP Message
+     * @throws BgpParseException while parsing BGP message.
+     */
+    T readFrom(ChannelBuffer cb, BgpHeader bgpHeader) throws BgpParseException;
+}
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