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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.evpnrouteservice;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a route table that stores routes.
+ */
+public interface EvpnTable {
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a route to the route table.
+     *
+     * @param route route
+     */
+    void update(EvpnRoute route);
+
+    /**
+     * Removes a route from the route table.
+     *
+     * @param route route
+     */
+    void remove(EvpnRoute route);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the route table ID.
+     *
+     * @return route table ID
+     */
+    EvpnRouteTableId id();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all routes in the route table.
+     *
+     * @return collection of routes, grouped by prefix
+     */
+    Collection<EvpnRouteSet> getRoutes();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the routes in this table pertaining to a given prefix.
+     *
+     * @param prefix IP prefix
+     * @return routes for the prefix
+     */
+    EvpnRouteSet getRoutes(EvpnPrefix prefix);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all routes that have the given next hop.
+     *
+     * @param nextHop next hop IP address
+     * @return collection of routes
+     */
+    Collection<EvpnRoute> getRoutesForNextHop(IpAddress nextHop);
+
+    /**
+     * Releases route table resources held locally.
+     */
+    void shutdown();
+
+    /**
+     * Releases route table resources across the entire cluster.
+     */
+    void destroy();
+
+}