core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/PartitionService.java

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package org.onosproject.net.intent;

import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;

/**
 * Service for interacting with the partition-to-instance assignments.
 */
public interface PartitionService {

    /**
     * Returns whether the given intent key is in a partition owned by this
     * instance or not.
     *
     * @param intentKey intent key to query
     * @return true if the key is owned by this instance, otherwise false
     */
    boolean isMine(Key intentKey);

    /**
     * Returns the leader for a particular key.
     *
     * @param intentKey intent key to query
     * @return the leader node
     */
    NodeId getLeader(Key intentKey);

    // TODO add API for rebalancing partitions
}