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+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.ui;
+
+import org.onosproject.ui.topo.Highlights;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of an entity capable of generating a set of topology highlights
+ * for devices, hosts and links.
+ */
+public interface UiTopoHighlighter {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the self-assigned name of the hilighter.
+     *
+     * @return highlighter name
+     */
+    String name();
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a set of highlights.
+     *
+     * @return topology highlights
+     */
+    Highlights createHighlights();
+
+}