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+/*
+* Copyright 2022-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 tasks
+
+import (
+	"context"
+)
+
+// Each task must support this interface to be exercised
+// by the implementation to execute the tasks similarly
+// across all tasks
+
+// Task interface
+type Task interface {
+	TaskID() uint8
+	Name() string
+	Timestamp() string
+	Start(context.Context, uint8) error
+	Stop()
+}