apps/config/src/main/java/org/onosproject/config/model/ResourceIdentifier.java

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package org.onosproject.config.model;

/**
 * Hollow definition of ResourceIdentifier for ConfigService APIs.
 */
public interface ResourceIdentifier {
    //will remove this when the corresponding changes in onos-yang-tools become available

    /**
     * Returns the node key used to uniquely identify the branch in the
     * logical tree.
     *
     * @return node key uniquely identifying the branch
     */
    NodeKey nodeKey();

    /**
     * Returns the descendent resource identifier.
     *
     * @return descendent resource identifier
     */
    ResourceIdentifier descendentIdentifier();

    String getBase();
    String asString();
    //DefaultResourceIdentifier asResId(NodeKey nkey);
}