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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import org.onosproject.store.primitives.MapUpdate;
+import org.onosproject.store.primitives.TransactionId;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+
+/**
+ * Collection of map updates to be committed atomically.
+ *
+ * @param <K> key type
+ * @param <V> value type
+ */
+public class MapTransaction<K, V> {
+
+    private final TransactionId transactionId;
+    private final List<MapUpdate<K, V>> updates;
+
+    public MapTransaction(TransactionId transactionId, List<MapUpdate<K, V>> updates) {
+        this.transactionId = transactionId;
+        this.updates = ImmutableList.copyOf(updates);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the transaction identifier.
+     *
+     * @return transaction id
+     */
+    public TransactionId transactionId() {
+        return transactionId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the list of map updates.
+     *
+     * @return map updates
+     */
+    public List<MapUpdate<K, V>> updates() {
+        return updates;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Maps this instance to another {@code MapTransaction} with different key and value types.
+     *
+     * @param keyMapper function for mapping key types
+     * @param valueMapper function for mapping value types
+     * @return newly typed instance
+     *
+     * @param <S> key type of returned instance
+     * @param <T> value type of returned instance
+     */
+    public <S, T> MapTransaction<S, T> map(Function<K, S> keyMapper, Function<V, T> valueMapper) {
+        return new MapTransaction<>(transactionId, Lists.transform(updates, u -> u.map(keyMapper, valueMapper)));
+    }
+}