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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.incubator.net.domain;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
+/**
+ * The abstract base class for the resource that satisfies an intent primitive.
+ */
+@Beta
+public abstract class IntentResource {
+
+    private final IntentPrimitive primitive;
+
+    // TODO add other common fields
+    //String ingressTag;
+    //String egressTag;
+    //etc.
+
+    IntentResource(IntentPrimitive primitive) {
+        this.primitive = primitive;
+    }
+
+    public IntentPrimitive primitive() {
+        return primitive;
+    }
+
+}