Merge "Restructure for authorative models"

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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019 Nordix 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.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.models.base;
+
+/**
+ * Interface that provides conversion to and from authorative concepts for other concepts.
+ *
+ * @author Liam Fallon (liam.fallon@est.tech)
+ *
+ * @param T the type of the authorative concept
+ */
+public interface PfAuthorative<T> {
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of the authorative concept from the other concept.
+     *
+     * @return the authorative concept
+     */
+    public T toAuthorative();
+
+    /**
+     * Set an instance of the persist concept to the equivalent values as the other concept.
+     */
+    public void fromAuthorative(final T authorativeClass);
+
+}