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+// Copyright (c) 2015, Google Inc.
+//
+// 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.
+
+// This file contains annotation definitions that can be used to describe
+// a configuration tree.
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+option go_package = "github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/common";
+
+package voltha;
+
+import "google/protobuf/descriptor.proto";
+
+enum MessageParserOption {
+    // Move any enclosing child enum/message definition to the same level
+    // as the parent (this message) in the yang generated file
+    MOVE_TO_PARENT_LEVEL= 0;
+
+    // Create both a grouping and a container for this message.  The container
+    // name will be the message name.  The grouping name will be the message
+    // name prefixed with "grouping_"
+    CREATE_BOTH_GROUPING_AND_CONTAINER = 1;
+}
+
+message InlineNode {
+    string id = 1;
+    string type = 2;
+}
+
+message RpcReturnDef {
+    // The gRPC methods return message types.  NETCONF expects an actual
+    // attribute as defined in the YANG schema.  The xnl_tag will be used
+    // as the top most tag when translating a gRPC response into an xml
+    // response
+    string xml_tag = 1;
+
+    // When the gRPC response is a list of items, we need to differentiate
+    // between a YANG schema attribute whose name is "items" and when "items"
+    // is used only to indicate a list of items is being returned.  The default
+    // behavior assumes a list is returned when "items" is present in
+    // the response.  This option will therefore be used when the attribute
+    // name in the YANG schema is 'items'
+    string list_items_name = 2;
+}
+
+extend google.protobuf.MessageOptions {
+    // This annotation is used to indicate how a message is parsed when
+    // converting from proto to yang format.
+    MessageParserOption yang_child_rule = 7761774;
+
+    MessageParserOption yang_message_rule = 7761775;
+}
+
+extend google.protobuf.FieldOptions {
+    // If present, the field (a message reference) should be replaced by the
+    // message itself.  For now, this applies only to non-repeated fields.
+    InlineNode yang_inline_node = 7761776;
+}
+
+extend google.protobuf.MethodOptions {
+    RpcReturnDef yang_xml_tag = 7761777;
+}