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[lispflowmapping.git] / mappingservice / api / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / lispflowmapping / interfaces / mappingservice / IMappingService.java

diff --git a/mappingservice/api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/lispflowmapping/interfaces/mappingservice/IMappingService.java b/mappingservice/api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/lispflowmapping/interfaces/mappingservice/IMappingService.java
index df53aa3c053e3112e66a4f6efbf42f729f66f667..e917a97896d327138b5175c4596e2afaf61d2bfd 100644 (file)
--- a/mappingservice/api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/lispflowmapping/interfaces/mappingservice/IMappingService.java
+++ b/mappingservice/api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/lispflowmapping/interfaces/mappingservice/IMappingService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2017 Cisco Systems, Inc.  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,
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ public interface IMappingService {
      */
     void addMapping(MappingOrigin origin, Eid key, SiteId siteId, MappingData mapping);
 
+    /**
+     * Generate and add a negative mapping entry originated from the southbound, and return the generated mapping.
+     *
+     * @param key
+     *            Key of the mapping
+     * @return Returns the generated negative mapping (which is never null).
+     */
+    MappingData addNegativeMapping(Eid key);
+
     /**
      * Retrieves mapping with given origin for the provided key. The lookup policy for the key is defined in the Mapping
      * System.