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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.bgpio.protocol;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.exceptions.BgpParseException;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.types.BgpHeader;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of an entity providing BGP Messages.
+ */
+public interface BgpMessage extends Writeable {
+    /**
+     * Returns BGP Header of BGP Message.
+     *
+     * @return BGP Header of BGP Message
+     */
+    BgpHeader getHeader();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns version of BGP Message.
+     *
+     * @return version of BGP Message
+     */
+    BgpVersion getVersion();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns BGP Type of BGP Message.
+     *
+     * @return BGP Type of BGP Message
+     */
+    BgpType getType();
+
+    @Override
+    void writeTo(ChannelBuffer cb) throws BgpParseException;
+
+    /**
+     * Builder interface with get and set functions to build BGP Message.
+     */
+    interface Builder {
+        /**
+         * Builds BGP Message.
+         *
+         * @return BGP Message
+         * @throws BgpParseException while building bgp message
+         */
+        BgpMessage build() throws BgpParseException;
+
+        /**
+         * Sets BgpHeader and return its builder.
+         *
+         * @param bgpMsgHeader BGP Message Header
+         * @return builder by setting BGP message header
+         */
+        Builder setHeader(BgpHeader bgpMsgHeader);
+    }
+}
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