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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.types;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction which Provides the BGP of TLV format.
+ */
+public interface BgpValueType {
+    /**
+     * Returns the Type of BGP Message.
+     *
+     * @return short value of type
+     */
+    short getType();
+
+    /**
+     * Writes the byte Stream of BGP Message to channel buffer.
+     *
+     * @param cb channel buffer
+     * @return length written to channel buffer
+     */
+    int write(ChannelBuffer cb);
+}
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