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package org.jboss.as.controller;

import org.jboss.dmr.ModelNode;

/**
 * An operation handler.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:david.lloyd@redhat.com">David M. Lloyd</a>
 */
public interface OperationHandler {

    /**
     * Get the description for this operation, without address information.
     *
     * @return the description
     */
    ModelNode getOperationDescription();

    /**
     * Execute an operation.  This method <b>must</b> invoke one of the completion methods on {@code resultHandler}
     * regardless of the outcome of the operation.
     *
     * @param context the context for this operation
     * @param operation the operation being executed
     * @param resultHandler the result handler to invoke when the operation is complete
     */
    void execute(NewOperationContext context, ModelNode operation, ResultHandler resultHandler);

    /**
     * Apply this operation to the given model entity. This method should either
     * successfully change the model entity, or leave the entity unchanged
     * and throw an {@code OperationFailedException}.
     *
     * @param submodel the model entity to which the operation should be applied
     * @param operation the operation description
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the operation is not valid
     */
    void applyModelOperation(ModelNode submodel, ModelNode operation) throws IllegalArgumentException;

    /**
     * Calculate what the compensating operation would be if an operation were executed against the given submodel.
     *
     * @param submodel the submodel
     * @param operation the operation
     * @return the compensating operation
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the operation does not apply to a submodel
     */
    ModelNode calculateCompensatingOperation(ModelNode submodel, ModelNode operation) throws IllegalArgumentException;
}

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