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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 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.protocol_plugin.openflow;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.openflow.protocol.statistics.OFStatistics;
+
+/**
+ * Interface which defines the notification functions which will get called when
+ * the information contained in the OF statistics reply message received from a
+ * network node is different from the cached one.
+ */
+public interface IOFStatisticsListener {
+ /**
+ * Notifies that a new list of description statistics objects for the given
+ * switch is available
+ *
+ * @param switchId
+ * The datapath id of the openflow switch
+ * @param description
+ * The new list of description statistics objects
+ */
+ public void descriptionStatisticsRefreshed(Long switchId, List<OFStatistics> description);
+
+ /**
+ * Notifies that a new list of flows statistics objects for the given switch
+ * is available
+ *
+ * @param switchId
+ * The datapath id of the openflow switch
+ * @param flows
+ * The new list of flow statistics objects
+ */
+ public void flowStatisticsRefreshed(Long switchId, List<OFStatistics> flows);
+
+ /**
+ * Notifies that a new list of port statistics objects for the given switch
+ * is available
+ *
+ * @param switchId
+ * The datapath id of the openflow switch
+ * @param flows
+ * The new list of port statistics objects
+ */
+ public void portStatisticsRefreshed(Long switchId, List<OFStatistics> ports);
+
+ /**
+ * Notifies that a new list of table statistics objects for the given switch
+ * is available
+ *
+ * @param switchId
+ * The datapath id of the openflow switch
+ * @param flows
+ * The new list of table statistics objects
+ */
+ public void tableStatisticsRefreshed(Long switchId, List<OFStatistics> tables);
+}