Application manages the IP layer topology information - Interfaces

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+/*
+ * 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
+ *
+ *     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.iptopology.api;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of Router ID to identify the router with a distinct IP address.
+ */
+public interface RouteIdentifier {
+    /**
+     * Enum to provide Protocol type.
+     */
+    public enum ProtocolType {
+        ISIS_LevelOne(1), ISIS_LevelTwo(2), OSPFv2(3), Direct(4), Static_Configuration(5), OSPFv3(6);
+        int value;
+
+        /**
+         * Sets protocol ID.
+         *
+         * @param val protocol ID
+         */
+        ProtocolType(int val) {
+            value = val;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Provides Protocol ID.
+         *
+         * @return Protocol ID
+         */
+        public byte getType() {
+            return (byte) value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides Protocol ID to identify which protocol routing instance is used.
+     *
+     * @return Protocol type
+     */
+    ProtocolType type();
+}
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