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package org.onosproject.drivers.netconf;

import java.util.Map;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfException;
import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfSession;

public interface TemplateRequestDriver {

    /**
     * Executes the named NETCONF template against the specified session, returning
     * the referenced XML node as the specified type.
     *
     * @param session
     *            NETCONF serssion
     * @param templateName
     *            name of NETCONF request template to execute
     * @param templateContext
     *            variable to values substitutions to be used against templates
     * @param baseXPath
     *            XPath expression to specify the returned document node
     * @param returnType
     *            expected return type of the referenced node
     * @return XML document node referenced by the {@code baseXPath}
     * @throws NetconfException
     *             if any IO, XPath, or NETCONF exception occurs
     */
    public Object doRequest(NetconfSession session, String templateName, Map<String, Object> templateContext,
            String baseXPath, QName returnType) throws NetconfException;
}