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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __VOM_CMD_H__
+#define __VOM_CMD_H__
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "vom/types.hpp"
+
+#include <vapi/vapi.hpp>
+
+namespace VOM {
+/**
+ * Forward declaration of the connection class
+ */
+class connection;
+
+/**
+ * A representation of a method call to VPP
+ */
+class cmd
+{
+public:
+  /**
+   * Default constructor
+   */
+  cmd() {}
+  /**
+   * Virtual destructor
+   */
+  virtual ~cmd() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Issue the command to VPP/HW
+   */
+  virtual rc_t issue(connection& con) = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * Retire/cancel a long running command
+   */
+  virtual void retire(connection& con) = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * Invoked on a Command when the HW queue is disabled to indicate
+   * that the commnad can be considered successful
+   */
+  virtual void succeeded() = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * convert to string format for debug purposes
+   */
+  virtual std::string to_string() const = 0;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Free ostream function to print a command
+ */
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const cmd& cmd);
+};
+
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "mozilla")
+ * End:
+ */
+
+#endif