-
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. 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.hosttracker.hostAware;
-
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-
-/**
- * This Interface defines the methods to trigger the discovery of
- * a Host and to probe if a learned Host is still in the network.
- *
- *
- *
- */
-public interface IHostFinder {
- /**
- * This method initiates the discovery of a host based on its IP address. This is triggered
- * by query of an application to the HostTracker. The requested IP address
- * doesn't exist in the local database at this point.
- *
- * @param networkAddress IP Address encapsulated in InetAddress class
- *
- */
- public void find(InetAddress networkAddress);
-
- /**
- * This method is called by HostTracker to see if a learned Host is still in the network.
- * Used mostly for ARP Aging.
- *
- * @param host The Host that needs to be probed
- */
- public void probe(HostNodeConnector host);
-}