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package org.onosproject.store.service;

/**
 * The MutexTask interface should be implemented by any class whose
 * instances distributed across controllers are intended to be executed
 * in a mutually exclusive fashion.
 */
public interface MutexTask {

    /**
     * Begins the execution of a mutually exclusive task.
     * The start method will be called once the "lock" is acquired.
     * After the start method returns the lock is released and some other
     * instance can take over execution.
     */
    void start();

    /**
     * This method will be called when exclusivity of task execution
     * can no longer be guaranteed. The implementation should take necessary steps
     * to halt task execution in order to ensure correctness.
     */
    void stop();
}