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package org.onosproject.core;

import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Service for interacting with the core system of the controller.
 */
public interface CoreService {

    /**
     * Name of the core "application".
     */
    static final String CORE_APP_NAME = "org.onosproject.core";

    /**
     * Identifier of the core "provider".
     */
    static final ProviderId CORE_PROVIDER_ID = new ProviderId("core", CORE_APP_NAME);

    /**
     * Returns the product version.
     *
     * @return product version
     */
    Version version();

    /**
     * Returns the set of currently registered application identifiers.
     *
     * @return set of application ids
     */
    Set<ApplicationId> getAppIds();

    /**
     * Returns an existing application id from a given id.
     * @param id the short value of the id
     * @return an application id
     */
    ApplicationId getAppId(Short id);

    /**
     * Returns an existing application id from a given id.
     * @param name the name portion of the ID to look up
     * @return an application id
     */
    ApplicationId getAppId(String name);

    /**
     * Registers a new application by its name, which is expected
     * to follow the reverse DNS convention, e.g.
     * {@code org.flying.circus.app}
     *
     * @param identifier string identifier
     * @return the application id
     */
    ApplicationId registerApplication(String identifier);

    /**
     * Returns an id generator for a given topic.
     *
     * @param topic topic identified
     * @return the id generator
     */
    IdGenerator getIdGenerator(String topic);

}