[ONOS-7054] Implement prototype of ISSU protocol

Change-Id: Id543c0de9c97b68f977c824cbc987b35d81beb2d
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.upgrade;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import org.onosproject.core.Version;
+import org.onosproject.event.ListenerService;
+
+/**
+ * Upgrade service.
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface UpgradeService
+        extends ListenerService<UpgradeEvent, UpgradeEventListener> {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether an upgrade is in progress.
+     * <p>
+     * An upgrade is in progress if the upgrade {@link Upgrade.Status} is active, e.g.
+     * {@link Upgrade.Status#INITIALIZED}, {@link Upgrade.Status#UPGRADED}, etc.
+     *
+     * @return indicates whether an upgrade is in progress
+     */
+    boolean isUpgrading();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current upgrade state.
+     *
+     * @return the current upgrade state
+     */
+    Upgrade getState();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the currently active software version.
+     * <p>
+     * The returned version is representative of the version currently in control of the network. When the upgrade
+     * transitions to the {@link Upgrade.Status#UPGRADING} state, control over the network is transferred from
+     * {@link Upgrade#source()} nodes to {@link Upgrade#target()} nodes, and the version returned by this method
+     * represents that change.
+     *
+     * @return the software version
+     */
+    Version getVersion();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the local node is active.
+     * <p>
+     * The local node will be active if its {@link Version} matches the version returned by {@link #getVersion()}.
+     *
+     * @return indicates whether the local node is active according to its version
+     */
+    boolean isLocalActive();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the local node is an upgraded node.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if the local node's version matches {@link Upgrade#target()}
+     */
+    boolean isLocalUpgraded();
+
+}