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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ * Originally created by Pengfei Lu, Network and Cloud Computing Laboratory, Dalian University of Technology, China
+ * Advisers: Keqiu Li, Heng Qi and Haisheng Yu
+ * This work is supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China(Grant No. 61432002)
+ * and Prospective Research Project on Future Networks in Jiangsu Future Networks Innovation Institute.
+ *
+ * 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.acl;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.FlowRule;
+import org.onosproject.store.Store;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Service interface exported by ACL distributed store.
+ */
+public interface AclStore extends Store {
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a list containing all ACL rules.
+     *
+     * @return a list containing all ACL rules
+     */
+    List<AclRule> getAclRules();
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new ACL rule.
+     *
+     * @param rule new ACL rule
+     */
+    void addAclRule(AclRule rule);
+
+    /**
+     * Gets an existing ACL rule.
+     *
+     * @param ruleId ACL rule id
+     * @return ACL rule with the given id
+     */
+    AclRule getAclRule(RuleId ruleId);
+
+    /**
+     * Removes an existing ACL rule by rule id.
+     *
+     * @param ruleId ACL rule id
+     */
+    void removeAclRule(RuleId ruleId);
+
+    /**
+     * Clears ACL and reset all.
+     */
+    void clearAcl();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the current priority for new ACL flow rule by device id.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device id
+     * @return new ACL flow rule's priority in the given device
+     */
+    int getPriorityByDevice(DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a set containing all ACL flow rules belonging to a given ACL rule.
+     *
+     * @param ruleId ACL rule id
+     * @return a set containing all ACL flow rules belonging to the given ACL rule
+     */
+    Set<FlowRule> getFlowByRule(RuleId ruleId);
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new mapping from ACL rule to ACL flow rule.
+     *
+     * @param ruleId   ACL rule id
+     * @param flowRule ACL flow rule
+     */
+    void addRuleToFlowMapping(RuleId ruleId, FlowRule flowRule);
+
+    /**
+     * Removes an existing mapping from ACL rule to ACL flow rule.
+     *
+     * @param ruleId ACL rule id
+     */
+    void removeRuleToFlowMapping(RuleId ruleId);
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a list containing all allowing ACL rules matching a given denying ACL rule.
+     *
+     * @param denyingRuleId denying ACL rule id
+     * @return a list containing all allowing ACL rules matching the given denying ACL rule
+     */
+    List<RuleId> getAllowingRuleByDenyingRule(RuleId denyingRuleId);
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new mapping from denying ACL rule to allowing ACL rule.
+     *
+     * @param denyingRuleId  denying ACL rule id
+     * @param allowingRuleId allowing ACL rule id
+     */
+    void addDenyToAllowMapping(RuleId denyingRuleId, RuleId allowingRuleId);
+
+    /**
+     * Removes an exsiting mapping from denying ACL rule to allowing ACL rule.
+     *
+     * @param denyingRuleId denying ACL rule id
+     */
+    void removeDenyToAllowMapping(RuleId denyingRuleId);
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if an existing ACL rule already works in a given device.
+     *
+     * @param ruleId   ACL rule id
+     * @param deviceId devide id
+     * @return true if the given ACL rule works in the given device
+     */
+    boolean checkIfRuleWorksInDevice(RuleId ruleId, DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new mapping from ACL rule to device.
+     *
+     * @param ruleId   ACL rule id
+     * @param deviceId device id
+     */
+    void addRuleToDeviceMapping(RuleId ruleId, DeviceId deviceId);
+
+    /**
+     * Removes an existing mapping from ACL rule to device.
+     *
+     * @param ruleId ACL rule id
+     */
+    void removeRuleToDeviceMapping(RuleId ruleId);
+
+}