[ONOS-6342] Refactor transaction architecture to support a shared cache for transactional primitives

Change-Id: I2a17965100895f5aa4d2202028047bb980c11d26
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/Transactional.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/Transactional.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present 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.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+import org.onosproject.store.primitives.TransactionId;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for transactional primitives.
+ */
+public interface Transactional<T> {
+
+    /**
+     * Begins the transaction.
+     *
+     * @param transactionId the transaction identifier for the transaction to begin
+     * @return a completable future to be completed with the lock version
+     */
+    CompletableFuture<Version> begin(TransactionId transactionId);
+
+    /**
+     * Prepares a transaction for commitment.
+     *
+     * @param transactionLog transaction log
+     * @return {@code true} if prepare is successful and transaction is ready to be committed
+     * {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    CompletableFuture<Boolean> prepare(TransactionLog<T> transactionLog);
+
+    /**
+     * Prepares and commits a transaction.
+     *
+     * @param transactionLog transaction log
+     * @return {@code true} if prepare is successful and transaction was committed
+     * {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    CompletableFuture<Boolean> prepareAndCommit(TransactionLog<T> transactionLog);
+
+    /**
+     * Commits a previously prepared transaction and unlocks the object.
+     *
+     * @param transactionId transaction identifier
+     * @return future that will be completed when the operation finishes
+     */
+    CompletableFuture<Void> commit(TransactionId transactionId);
+
+    /**
+     * Aborts a previously prepared transaction and unlocks the object.
+     *
+     * @param transactionId transaction identifier
+     * @return future that will be completed when the operation finishes
+     */
+    CompletableFuture<Void> rollback(TransactionId transactionId);
+
+}
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