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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.driver;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of a facet of device behaviour that can be used to talk about
+ * a device (in context of {@link DriverData}) or to a device (in context of
+ * {@link DriverHandler}).
+ */
+public interface Behaviour {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the driver data context.
+     *
+     * @return driver data
+     */
+    DriverData data();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the driver data context on this this behaviour should operate.
+     *
+     * @param data driver data
+     */
+    void setData(DriverData data);
+
+}