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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015-present 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.xran.controller;
+
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.xran.codecs.pdu.XrancPdu;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public interface XranPacketProcessor {
+ void handlePacket(XrancPdu pdu, ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws IOException;
+}