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+/*
+ * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2013. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+package org.opendaylight.controller.samples.loadbalancer.policies;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.samples.loadbalancer.entities.Client;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.samples.loadbalancer.entities.VIP;
+
+/**
+ * All new load balancer policies must implement this interface.
+ */
+public interface ILoadBalancingPolicy {
+
+ /**
+ * Returns IP address of the next pool member from the pool
+ * to which the load balancer service can direct incoming packets.
+ * @param source source on the packet
+ * @param dest virtual IP (VIP) that is used as destination on the packet
+ * @return IP address of the next pool member which will serve
+ * all incoming traffic destined for the given VIP and with the given source
+ * information
+ */
+ public String getPoolMemberForClient(Client source, VIP dest);
+
+}
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