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 * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
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package org.onosproject.vtnrsc.subnet;

import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.Subnet;
import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.SubnetId;


/**
 * Service for interacting with the inventory of subnets.
 */
public interface SubnetService {
    /**
     * Returns the subnet with the specified identifier.
     *
     * @param subnetId subnet identifier
     * @return true or false
     */
    boolean exists(SubnetId subnetId);
    /**
     * Returns a collection of the currently known subnets.
     *
     * @return iterable collection of subnets
     */
    Iterable<Subnet> getSubnets();

    /**
     * Returns the subnet with the specified identifier.
     *
     * @param subnetId subnet identifier
     * @return subnet or null if one with the given identifier is not known
     */
    Subnet getSubnet(SubnetId subnetId);
    /**
     * Creates new subnets.
     *
     * @param subnets the iterable collection of subnets
     * @return true  if the identifier subnet has been created right
     */
    boolean createSubnets(Iterable<Subnet> subnets);

    /**
     * Updates existing subnets.
     *
     * @param subnets the iterable collection of subnets
     * @return true if all subnets were updated successfully
     */
    boolean updateSubnets(Iterable<Subnet> subnets);

    /**
     * Administratively removes the specified subnets from the store.
     *
     * @param subnetIds the iterable collection of  subnets identifier
     * @return true if remove identifier subnets successfully
     */
    boolean removeSubnets(Iterable<SubnetId> subnetIds);


}