Added a AtomicValue distributed primitive.
Change-Id: I00ff165cbd9c6e4f2610af9877ff262527b7b048
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/AtomicValueBuilder.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/AtomicValueBuilder.java
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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 constructing new AtomicValue instances.
+ *
+ * @param <V> atomic value type
+ */
+public interface AtomicValueBuilder<V> {
+ /**
+ * Sets the name for the atomic value.
+ * <p>
+ * Each atomic value is identified by a unique name.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * Note: This is a mandatory parameter.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @param name name of the atomic value
+ * @return this AtomicValueBuilder for method chaining
+ */
+ AtomicValueBuilder<V> withName(String name);
+
+ /**
+ * Sets a serializer that can be used to serialize the value.
+ * <p>
+ * Note: This is a mandatory parameter.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @param serializer serializer
+ * @return this AtomicValueBuilder for method chaining
+ */
+ AtomicValueBuilder<V> withSerializer(Serializer serializer);
+
+ /**
+ * Creates this atomic value on the partition that spans the entire cluster.
+ * <p>
+ * When partitioning is disabled, the value state will be
+ * ephemeral and does not survive a full cluster restart.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * Note: By default partitions are enabled.
+ * </p>
+ * @return this AtomicValueBuilder for method chaining
+ */
+ AtomicValueBuilder<V> withPartitionsDisabled();
+
+ /**
+ * Builds a AtomicValue based on the configuration options
+ * supplied to this builder.
+ *
+ * @return new AtomicValue
+ * @throws java.lang.RuntimeException if a mandatory parameter is missing
+ */
+ AtomicValue<V> build();
+}