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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Ericsson. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * 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.
+ * 
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.common.parameters;
+
+/**
+ * This interface acts as a base interface for all parameter groups in the ONAP Policy Framework. All parameter group
+ * POJOs are implementations of the parameter group interface and can be used with the {@link ParameterService}.
+ *
+ * @author Liam Fallon (liam.fallon@ericsson.com)
+ */
+public interface ParameterGroup {
+    /**
+     * Get the group name.
+     * 
+     * @return the group name
+     */
+    public String getName();
+
+    /**
+     * Validate parameters.
+     * 
+     * @return the result of the parameter validation
+     */
+    GroupValidationResult validate();
+
+    /**
+     * Check if the parameters are valid.
+     * 
+     * @return true if the parameters are valid
+     */
+    default boolean isValid() {
+        return validate().getStatus().isValid();
+    }
+}