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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-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.neighbour;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.net.intf.Interface;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a means of registering logic for handling neighbour messages.
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface NeighbourResolutionService {
+
+    /**
+     * Registers a neighbour message handler for all neighbour messages
+     * incoming on the given connect point.
+     *
+     * @param connectPoint connect point
+     * @param handler neighbour message handler
+     * @param appId application ID
+     */
+    void registerNeighbourHandler(ConnectPoint connectPoint, NeighbourMessageHandler handler,
+                                  ApplicationId appId);
+
+    /**
+     * Registers a neighbour message handler for all neighbour messages incoming
+     * on the given interface. Neighbour packets must match the fields of the
+     * interface in order to be handled by this message handler.
+     *
+     * @param intf interface
+     * @param handler neighbour message handler
+     * @param appId application ID
+     */
+    void registerNeighbourHandler(Interface intf, NeighbourMessageHandler handler,
+                                  ApplicationId appId);
+
+    /**
+     * Unregisters a neighbour message handler that was assigned to a connect
+     * point.
+     *
+     * @param connectPoint connect point
+     * @param handler neighbour message handler
+     * @param appId application ID
+     */
+    void unregisterNeighbourHandler(ConnectPoint connectPoint, NeighbourMessageHandler handler,
+                                    ApplicationId appId);
+
+    /**
+     * Unregisters a neighbour message handler that was assigned to an interface.
+     *
+     * @param intf interface
+     * @param handler neighbour message handler
+     * @param appId application ID
+     */
+    void unregisterNeighbourHandler(Interface intf, NeighbourMessageHandler handler,
+                                    ApplicationId appId);
+
+    /**
+     * Unregisters all neighbour handlers that were registered by the given
+     * application.
+     *
+     * @param appId application ID
+     */
+    void unregisterNeighbourHandlers(ApplicationId appId);
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the neighbour message handlers that have been registered with the
+     * service.
+     *
+     * @return neighbour message handlers indexed by connect point
+     */
+    Map<ConnectPoint, Collection<NeighbourHandlerRegistration>> getHandlerRegistrations();
+}