diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/opencord/igmpproxy/impl/store/machine/StateMachineStoreDelegate.java b/app/src/main/java/org/opencord/igmpproxy/impl/store/machine/StateMachineStoreDelegate.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking 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.
+ */
+
+package org.opencord.igmpproxy.impl.store.machine;
+
+import org.onosproject.store.StoreDelegate;
+
+/**
+ * State machine store delegate abstraction.
+ */
+public interface StateMachineStoreDelegate extends StoreDelegate<StateMachineEvent> {
+}