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package org.openhab.binding.siemenshvac.internal.type;

import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
import org.openhab.core.thing.type.ChannelGroupType;
import org.openhab.core.thing.type.ChannelGroupTypeProvider;
import org.openhab.core.thing.type.ChannelGroupTypeUID;

/**
 * Extends the ChannelGroupTypeProvider to manually add a ChannelGroupType.
 *
 * @author Laurent Arnal - Initial contribution
 */
@NonNullByDefault
public interface SiemensHvacChannelGroupTypeProvider extends ChannelGroupTypeProvider {

    /**
     * Adds the ChannelGroupType to this provider.
     */
    void addChannelGroupType(ChannelGroupType channelGroupType);

    /**
     * Use this method to lookup a ChannelGroupType which was generated by the siemensHvac binding.
     */
    @Nullable
    ChannelGroupType getInternalChannelGroupType(ChannelGroupTypeUID channelGroupTypeUID);

    void invalidate();
}
