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package org.onosproject.store.service;

import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;

/**
 * Interface for all distributed primitives.
 */
public interface DistributedPrimitive {

    /**
     * Type of distributed primitive.
     */
    public enum Type {
        /**
         * Map with strong consistency semantics.
         */
        CONSISTENT_MAP,

        /**
         * Map with eventual consistency semantics.
         */
        EVENTUALLY_CONSISTENT_MAP,

        /**
         * distributed set.
         */
        SET,

        /**
         * atomic counter.
         */
        COUNTER,

        /**
         * Atomic value.
         */
        VALUE,

        /**
         * Distributed queue.
         */
        QUEUE
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of this primitive.
     * @return name
     */
    String name();

    /**
     * Returns the type of primitive.
     * @return primitive type
     */
    Type type();

    /**
     * Returns the application owning this primitive.
     * @return application id
     */
    default ApplicationId applicationId() {
        return null;
    }
}