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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * 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 io.fd.vpp.jvpp.future;
+
+
+import io.fd.vpp.jvpp.dto.JVppReply;
+import io.fd.vpp.jvpp.dto.JVppReplyDump;
+import io.fd.vpp.jvpp.dto.JVppRequest;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
+import io.fd.vpp.jvpp.notification.EventRegistryProvider;
+
+/**
+* Future facade on top of JVpp
+*/
+public interface FutureJVppInvoker extends EventRegistryProvider, AutoCloseable {
+
+ /**
+ * Invoke asynchronous operation on VPP
+ *
+ * @return CompletionStage with future result of an async VPP call
+ * @throws io.fd.vpp.jvpp.VppInvocationException when send request failed with details
+ */
+ <REQ extends JVppRequest, REPLY extends JVppReply<REQ>> CompletionStage<REPLY> send(REQ req);
+
+
+ /**
+ * Invoke asynchronous dump operation on VPP
+ *
+ * @return CompletionStage with aggregated future result of an async VPP dump call
+ * @throws io.fd.vpp.jvpp.VppInvocationException when send request failed with details
+ */
+ <REQ extends JVppRequest, REPLY extends JVppReply<REQ>, DUMP extends JVppReplyDump<REQ, REPLY>> CompletionStage<DUMP> send(
+ REQ req, DUMP emptyReplyDump);
+}