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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.newresource;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Service for administering resource service behavior.
+ */
+@Beta
+public interface ResourceAdminService {
+    /**
+     * Register resources as the children of the parent resource path.
+     *
+     * @param parent parent resource path under which the resource are registered
+     * @param children resources to be registered as the children of the parent
+     * @param <T> type of resources
+     * @return true if registration is successfully done, false otherwise. Registration
+     * succeeds when each resource is not registered or unallocated.
+     */
+    default <T> boolean registerResources(ResourcePath parent, T... children) {
+        return registerResources(parent, Arrays.asList(children));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register resources as the children of the parent resource path.
+     *
+     * @param parent parent resource path under which the resource are registered
+     * @param children resources to be registered as the children of the parent
+     * @param <T> type of resources
+     * @return true if registration is successfully done, false otherwise. Registration
+     * succeeds when each resource is not registered or unallocated.
+     */
+    <T> boolean registerResources(ResourcePath parent, List<T> children);
+
+    /**
+     * Unregister resources as the children of the parent resource path.
+     *
+     * @param parent parent resource path under which the resource are unregistered
+     * @param children resources to be unregistered as the children of the parent
+     * @param <T> type of resources
+     * @return true if unregistration is successfully done, false otherwise. Unregistration
+     * succeeds when each resource is not registered or unallocated.
+     */
+    default <T> boolean unregisterResources(ResourcePath parent, T... children) {
+        return unregisterResources(parent, Arrays.asList(children));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Unregister resources as the children of the parent resource path.
+     *
+     * @param parent parent resource path under which the resource are unregistered
+     * @param children resources to be unregistered as the children of the parent
+     * @param <T> type of resources
+     * @return true if unregistration is successfully done, false otherwise. Unregistration
+     * succeeds when each resource is not registered or unallocated.
+     */
+    <T> boolean unregisterResources(ResourcePath parent, List<T> children);
+}