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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.group;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of generalized Key that would be used to store
+ * groups in < Key, Value > store. This key uses a generic
+ * byte array so that applications can associate their groups with
+ * any of their data by translating it into a byte array.
+ */
+public interface GroupKey  {
+    /**
+     * Returns the byte representation of key.
+     *
+     * @return byte array
+     */
+    byte[] key();
+}