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+package org.onlab.onos.net;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of a network port.
+ */
+public interface Port {
+
+    // Notion of port state: enabled, disabled, blocked
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the port number.
+     *
+     * @return port number
+     */
+    PortNumber number();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the identifier of the network element to which this port belongs.
+     *
+     * @return parent network element
+     */
+    Element parent();
+
+    // set of port attributes
+
+}