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+/*
+ * 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.connectionmanager;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.connection.ConnectionConstants;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.connection.ConnectionLocality;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Node;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.utils.Status;
+
+/**
+ * Connection Manager provides south-bound connectivity services. The APIs are
+ * currently focused towards Active-Active Clustering support wherein the node
+ * can connect to any of the Active Controller in the Cluster. This component
+ * can also host the necessary logic for south-bound connectivity when partial
+ * cluster is identified during Partition scenarios.
+ *
+ * This (and its corresponding implementation) component can also be enhanced
+ * further for more fancy algorithms/criteria for connection acceptance.
+ */
+
+public interface IConnectionManager {
+ /**
+ * This method returns Connectivity Algorithm (Scheme) that is currently
+ * being used.
+ *
+ * @return ConnectionMgmtScheme Enum that represents the active scheme.
+ */
+ public ConnectionMgmtScheme getActiveScheme();
+
+ /**
+ * Method that will retrieve and return a Set of Nodes that is currently
+ * connected to the given controller.
+ *
+ * @param controller
+ * InetAddress of the Controller that is currently connected to a
+ * set of Nodes.
+ *
+ * @return Set<Node> Set of Nodes connected to a controller.
+ */
+ public Set<Node> getNodes(InetAddress controller);
+
+ /**
+ * Method that will retrieve and return a Set of Nodes that is currently
+ * connected to the controller on which this method is executed.
+ *
+ * @return Set<Node> Set of Nodes connected to this controller.
+ */
+ public Set<Node> getLocalNodes();
+
+ /**
+ * @deprecated Use getLocalityStatus(Node node) instead.
+ *
+ * Method to test if a node is local to a controller.
+ *
+ * @param node
+ * The node for which the locality is being tested
+ * @return true if node is local to this controller.<br>
+ * false if either node is not connected to this controller or not
+ * connected to any other controllers in the cluster.
+ */
+ public boolean isLocal(Node node);
+
+ /**
+ * getLocalityStatus provides the tri-state connectivity status as opposed
+ * to the binary status returned by isLocal. ConnectionLocality enum that is
+ * returned by this method also includes the case of a Node not connected to
+ * any of the controllers in the cluster.
+ *
+ * @param node
+ * The node for which the locality is being verified
+ * @return ConnectionLocality
+ */
+ public ConnectionLocality getLocalityStatus(Node node);
+
+ /**
+ * Disconnect a Node from the controller.
+ *
+ * @return Status of the disconnect Operation.
+ */
+ public Status disconnect(Node node);
+
+ /**
+ * Connect to a node
+ *
+ * @param connectionIdentifier
+ * identifier with which the application would refer to a given
+ * connection.
+ * @param params
+ * Connection Params in Map format. This is entirely handled by
+ * the south-bound plugins and is an opaque value for SAL or
+ * Connection Manager. Typical values keyed inside this params
+ * are Management IP-Address, Username, Password, Security Keys,
+ * etc...
+ *
+ * @return Node Node connected to.
+ */
+ public Node connect(String connectionIdentifier,
+ Map<ConnectionConstants, String> params);
+
+ /**
+ * Connect to a node
+ *
+ * @param type
+ * Type of the node representing NodeIDType.
+ * @param connectionIdentifier
+ * identifier with which the application would refer to a given
+ * connection.
+ * @param params
+ * Connection Params in Map format. This is entirely handled by
+ * the south-bound plugins and is an opaque value for SAL or
+ * Connection Manager. Typical values keyed inside this params
+ * are Management IP-Address, Username, Password, Security Keys,
+ * etc...
+ *
+ * @return Status of the Connect Operation.
+ */
+ public Node connect(String type, String connectionIdentifier,
+ Map<ConnectionConstants, String> params);
+
+ /**
+ * Retrieve list of cluster-members to which Node is connected to
+ *
+ * @param node
+ * Node for which cluster-members to be retrieved
+ *
+ * @return Set<InetAddress> List of cluster-member addresses to which the
+ * node is connected
+ */
+ public Set<InetAddress> getControllers(Node node);
+}