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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.net.behaviour.upf;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of a UPF entity used to interact with the UPF-programmable device.
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface UpfEntity {
+    /**
+     * Returns the type of this entity.
+     *
+     * @return entity type
+     */
+    UpfEntityType type();
+}