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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.bgpio.protocol;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of an message factory providing builder functions to BGP messages
+ * and objects.
+ *
+ */
+public interface BGPFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the builder object for a open message.
+     *
+     * @return builder object for open message
+     */
+    BGPOpenMsg.Builder openMessageBuilder();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the builder object for a keepalive message.
+     *
+     * @return builder object for keepalive message
+     */
+    BGPKeepaliveMsg.Builder keepaliveMessageBuilder();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the builder object for a notification message.
+     *
+     * @return builder object for notification message.
+     */
+    BGPNotificationMsg.Builder notificationMessageBuilder();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the BGP message reader.
+     *
+     * @return BGP message reader
+     */
+    BGPMessageReader<BGPMessage> getReader();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns BGP version.
+     *
+     * @return BGP version
+     */
+    BGPVersion getVersion();
+}