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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 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.honeycomb.data.impl;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.CheckedFuture;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.dom.api.DOMDataWriteTransaction;
+import org.opendaylight.netconf.mdsal.connector.DOMDataTransactionValidator;
+import org.opendaylight.netconf.mdsal.connector.DOMDataTransactionValidator.ValidationFailedException;
+
+/**
+ * An {@link DOMDataWriteTransaction} than can be validated.
+ * @see DOMDataTransactionValidator
+ */
+@Beta
+interface ValidableTransaction extends DOMDataWriteTransaction {
+    /**
+     * Validates state of the data tree associated with the provided {@link DOMDataWriteTransaction}.
+     *
+     * <p>The operation should not have any side-effects on the transaction state.
+     *
+     * <p>It can be executed many times, providing the same results
+     * if the state of the transaction has not been changed.
+     *
+     * @return
+     *     a CheckedFuture containing the result of the validate operation. The future blocks until the validation
+     *     operation is complete. A successful validate returns nothing. On failure, the Future will fail
+     *     with a {@link ValidationFailedException} or an exception derived from ValidationFailedException.
+     */
+    CheckedFuture<Void, ValidationFailedException> validate();
+}