core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/impl/IntentUpdate.java

/*
 * 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
 *
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package org.onosproject.net.intent.impl;

import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Represents a phase of processing an intent.
 */
interface IntentUpdate {

    /**
     * Execute the procedure represented by the instance
     * and generates the next update instance.
     *
     * @return next update
     */
    Optional<IntentUpdate> execute();
}