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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.net.config;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Service for tracking network configuration factories. It is the basis for
+ * extensibility to allow various core subsystems or apps to register their
+ * own configuration factories that permit use to inject additional meta
+ * information about how various parts of the network should be viewed and
+ * treated.
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface NetworkConfigRegistry extends NetworkConfigService {
+
+    /**
+     * Registers the specified configuration factory.
+     *
+     * @param configFactory configuration factory
+     */
+    void registerConfigFactory(ConfigFactory configFactory);
+
+    /**
+     * Unregisters the specified configuration factory.
+     *
+     * @param configFactory configuration factory
+     */
+    void unregisterConfigFactory(ConfigFactory configFactory);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns set of all registered configuration factories.
+     *
+     * @return set of config factories
+     */
+    Set<ConfigFactory> getConfigFactories();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns set of all configuration factories registered for the specified
+     * class of subject.
+     *
+     * @param subjectClass subject class
+     * @param <S>          type of subject
+     * @param <C>          type of configuration
+     * @return set of config factories
+     */
+    <S, C extends Config<S>> Set<ConfigFactory<S, C>> getConfigFactories(Class<S> subjectClass);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the configuration factory that produces the specified class of
+     * configurations.
+     *
+     * @param configClass configuration class
+     * @param <S>         type of subject
+     * @param <C>         type of configuration
+     * @return config factory
+     */
+    <S, C extends Config<S>> ConfigFactory<S, C> getConfigFactory(Class<C> configClass);
+
+}