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+package org.onosproject.incubator.net.resource.label;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.store.Store;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+
+/**
+ * Manages inventory of label; not intended for direct use.
+ *
+ */
+public interface LabelResourceStore
+        extends Store<LabelResourceEvent, LabelResourceDelegate> {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a label resource of some device id from begin label to end label.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @param beginLabel represents for the first label id in the range of label
+     *            pool
+     * @param endLabel represents for the last label id in the range of label
+     *            pool
+     * @return success or fail
+     */
+    boolean createDevicePool(DeviceId deviceId, LabelResourceId beginLabel,
+                             LabelResourceId endLabel);
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the global label resource pool.
+     *
+     * @param beginLabel represents for the first label id in the range of label
+     *            pool
+     * @param endLabel represents for the last label id in the range of label
+     *            pool
+     * @return success or fail
+     */
+    boolean createGlobalPool(LabelResourceId beginLabel,
+                             LabelResourceId endLabel);
+
+    /**
+     * Destroys a label resource pool of a specific device id.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return success or fail
+     */
+    boolean destroyDevicePool(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Destroys a the global label resource pool.
+     *
+     * @return success or fail
+     */
+    boolean destroyGlobalPool();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns labels from resource pool by a specific device id.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @param applyNum the applying number
+     * @return collection of applying labels
+     */
+    Collection<LabelResource> applyFromDevicePool(DeviceId deviceId,
+                                                  long applyNum);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns labels from the global label resource pool.
+     *
+     * @param applyNum apply the number of labels
+     * @return collection of labels
+     */
+    Collection<LabelResource> applyFromGlobalPool(long applyNum);
+
+    /**
+     * Releases unused labels to device pools .
+     *
+     * @param release the collection of releasing labels
+     * @return success or fail
+     */
+    boolean releaseToDevicePool(Multimap<DeviceId, LabelResource> release);
+
+    /**
+     * Releases unused labels to the global resource pool.
+     *
+     * @param release release the collection of releasing labels
+     * @return success or fail
+     */
+    boolean releaseToGlobalPool(Set<LabelResourceId> release);
+
+    /**
+     * Judges if the pool of a specific device id is full.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return yes or no
+     */
+    boolean isDevicePoolFull(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Judges if the global resource pool is full.
+     *
+     * @return yes or no
+     */
+    boolean isGlobalPoolFull();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the unused label number of a label resource pool by a specific device
+     * id.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return number of unused labels
+     */
+    long getFreeNumOfDevicePool(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the unused number of a global label resource pool.
+     *
+     * @return number of unused labels
+     */
+    long getFreeNumOfGlobalPool();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the label resource pool by a specific device id.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return the device label resource pool
+     */
+    LabelResourcePool getDeviceLabelResourcePool(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the global label resource pool.
+     *
+     * @return the global label resource pool
+     */
+    LabelResourcePool getGlobalLabelResourcePool();
+}