[ONOS-5363] Support for virtualization in Provider Scheme

Change-Id: I4b38bbe9144d2d726414497f73eb5c1f022ce53b
diff --git a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/virtual/provider/AbstractVirtualProviderService.java b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/net/virtual/provider/AbstractVirtualProviderService.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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.virtual.provider;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
+
+public abstract class AbstractVirtualProviderService<P extends VirtualProvider>
+        implements VirtualProviderService {
+
+    private boolean isValid = true;
+    private final P provider;
+
+    protected AbstractVirtualProviderService(P provider) {
+        this.provider = provider;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Invalidates this provider service.
+     */
+    public void invalidate() {
+        isValid = false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the validity of this provider service.
+     *
+     * @throws java.lang.IllegalStateException if the service is no longer valid
+     */
+    public void checkValidity() {
+        checkState(isValid, "Provider service is no longer valid");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public P provider() {
+        return provider;
+    }
+}