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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.store.service;
+
+/**
+ * Storage service.
+ * <p>
+ * This service provides builders for various distributed primitives.
+ * <p>
+ * It is expected that services and applications will leverage the primitives indirectly provided by
+ * this service for their distributed state management and coordination.
+ */
+public interface StorageService {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new EventuallyConsistentMapBuilder.
+     *
+     * @param <K> key type
+     * @param <V> value type
+     * @return builder for an eventually consistent map
+     */
+    <K, V> EventuallyConsistentMapBuilder<K, V> eventuallyConsistentMapBuilder();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new ConsistentMapBuilder.
+     *
+     * @param <K> key type
+     * @param <V> value type
+     * @return builder for a consistent map
+     */
+    <K, V> ConsistentMapBuilder<K, V> consistentMapBuilder();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new DistributedSetBuilder.
+     *
+     * @param <E> set element type
+     * @return builder for an distributed set
+     */
+    <E> DistributedSetBuilder<E> setBuilder();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new DistributedQueueBuilder.
+     *
+     * @param <E> queue entry type
+     * @return builder for an distributed queue
+     */
+    <E> DistributedQueueBuilder<E> queueBuilder();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new AtomicCounterBuilder.
+     *
+     * @return atomic counter builder
+     */
+    AtomicCounterBuilder atomicCounterBuilder();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new AtomicValueBuilder.
+     *
+     * @param <V> atomic value type
+     * @return atomic value builder
+     */
+    <V> AtomicValueBuilder<V> atomicValueBuilder();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new transaction context builder.
+     *
+     * @return a builder for a transaction context.
+     */
+    TransactionContextBuilder transactionContextBuilder();
+}