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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.store.service;
+
+/**
+ * Builder for distributed queue.
+ *
+ * @param <E> type queue elements.
+ */
+public interface DistributedQueueBuilder<E> {
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the name of the queue.
+     * <p>
+     * Each queue is identified by a unique name.
+     * </p>
+     * <p>
+     * Note: This is a mandatory parameter.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param name name of the queue
+     * @return this DistributedQueueBuilder for method chaining
+     */
+    DistributedQueueBuilder<E> withName(String name);
+
+    /**
+     * Sets a serializer that can be used to serialize
+     * the elements pushed into the queue. The serializer
+     * builder should be pre-populated with any classes that will be
+     * put into the queue.
+     * <p>
+     * Note: This is a mandatory parameter.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param serializer serializer
+     * @return this DistributedQueueBuilder for method chaining
+     */
+    DistributedQueueBuilder<E> withSerializer(Serializer serializer);
+
+    /**
+     * Disables persistence of queues entries.
+     * <p>
+     * When persistence is disabled, a full cluster restart will wipe out all
+     * queue entries.
+     * </p>
+     * @return this DistributedQueueBuilder for method chaining
+     */
+    DistributedQueueBuilder<E> withPersistenceDisabled();
+
+    /**
+     * Builds a queue based on the configuration options
+     * supplied to this builder.
+     *
+     * @return new distributed queue
+     * @throws java.lang.RuntimeException if a mandatory parameter is missing
+     */
+    DistributedQueue<E> build();
+}