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+'use strict';
+
+// -------------------------------------------
+//  This file just describes the interface
+//
+//  New backends can start from here
+// -------------------------------------------
+
+exports = module.exports = {
+    upsert: upsert,
+    get: get,
+    del: del,
+    getChangeStatus: getChangeStatus
+};
+
+var assert = require('assert'),
+    SubdomainError = require('../subdomains.js').SubdomainError,
+    util = require('util');
+
+function upsert(dnsConfig, zoneName, subdomain, type, values, callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof dnsConfig, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof zoneName, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof subdomain, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof type, 'string');
+    assert(util.isArray(values));
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    // Result: backend specific change id, to be passed into getChangeStatus()
+
+    callback(new Error('not implemented'));
+}
+
+function get(dnsConfig, zoneName, subdomain, type, callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof dnsConfig, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof zoneName, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof subdomain, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof type, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    // Result: Array of matching DNS records in string format
+
+    callback(new Error('not implemented'));
+}
+
+function del(dnsConfig, zoneName, subdomain, type, values, callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof dnsConfig, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof zoneName, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof subdomain, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof type, 'string');
+    assert(util.isArray(values));
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    // Result: none
+
+    callback(new Error('not implemented'));
+}
+
+function getChangeStatus(dnsConfig, changeId, callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof dnsConfig, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof changeId, 'string');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    // Result: current change state as string. Upstream code checks for 'INSYNC'
+
+    callback(new Error('not implemented'));
+}