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Some providers may also need to accept control edicts from the core and apply them to the network using the appropriate protocol-specific means. These are fed into the Provider via the ProviderService interfaceProvider interface.
Provider ID
A Provider is associated with a ProviderId. The main purpose of the ProviderId is to provide an externalizable identity of a family of providers, which allows devices and other model entities to remain associated with the identity of the provider responsible for their existence even after the provider is uninstalled/unloaded.
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