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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 org.openvpp.jvpp;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of a management connection to VPP.
+ */
+public interface VppConnection extends AutoCloseable {
+
+    /**
+     * Opens VppConnection for communication with VPP.
+     *
+     * @throws IOException if connection is not established
+     */
+    void connect() throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this instance connection is active.
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if this instance was disconnected.
+     */
+    void checkActive();
+
+    /**
+     * Closes Vpp connection.
+     */
+    @Override
+    void close();
+}