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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.sdnc.northbound.restadpter;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+
+
+/**
+ * An interface to wrap the generic HTTP methods
+ *
+ * @author lathishbabu.ganesan@est.tech
+ *
+ */
+public interface RestAdapter {
+
+ /**
+ * Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the specified URL. The response (if any) is
+ * converted and returned.
+ *
+ * @param uri the URL
+ * @param clazz responseType the type of the return value
+ * @return the converted object
+ */
+
+ <T> Optional<T> get(final String url, final Class<?> clazz);
+
+ /**
+ * Create or update a resource by PUTting the given object to the URI.
+ *
+ * @param url the URL
+ * @param request the Object to be PUT (may be {@code null})
+ * @return the response code
+ */
+ <T> Optional<T> put(final String url, final Object object);
+
+ /**
+ * Delete resource for the given object to the URI.
+ *
+ * @param url the URL
+ * @return the response code
+ */
+ <T> Optional<T> delete(final String url);
+
+}