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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.protocol_plugin.openflow;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Node;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.NodeConnector;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.NodeTable;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.flowprogrammer.Flow;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.reader.FlowOnNode;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.reader.NodeConnectorStatistics;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.reader.NodeDescription;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.reader.NodeTableStatistics;
+
+/**
+ * Interface to serve the hardware information requests coming from SAL It is
+ * implemented by the respective OF1.0 plugin component
+ *
+ */
+public interface IReadServiceFilter {
+ /**
+ * Returns the hardware image for the specified flow on the specified
+ * network node for the passed container
+ *
+ * @param container
+ * the container for which the request is originated
+ * @param node
+ * the network node
+ * @param flow
+ * the target flow
+ * @param cached
+ * specify if entry has to be queried from the cached hardware
+ * information maintained in the protocol plugin or directly from
+ * the network node.
+ * @return The FlowOnNode object containing the information present in
+ * hardware for the passed flow on the specified network node
+ */
+ public FlowOnNode readFlow(String container, Node node, Flow flow, boolean cached);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the hardware view of all the flow installed on the specified
+ * network node for the passed container
+ *
+ * @param container
+ * the container for which the request is originated
+ * @param node
+ * the network node
+ * @param cached
+ * specify if entries have to be queried from the cached hardware
+ * information maintained in the protocol plugin or directly from
+ * the network node.
+ * @return The list of FlowOnNode objects containing the information present
+ * in hardware on the specified network node for all its flows
+ */
+ public List<FlowOnNode> readAllFlow(String container, Node node, boolean cached);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the description of the network node as provided by the node
+ * itself
+ *
+ * @param node
+ * the network node
+ * @param cached
+ * specify if entry has to be queried from the cached hardware
+ * information maintained in the protocol plugin or directly from
+ * the network node.
+ * @return The NodeDescription object containing the description information
+ * for the specified network node
+ */
+ public NodeDescription readDescription(Node node, boolean cached);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the hardware view of the specified network node connector for the
+ * given container
+ *
+ * @param container
+ * the container for which the request is originated
+ * @param nodeConnector
+ * the target nodeConnector
+ * @param cached
+ * specify if entry has to be queried from the cached hardware
+ * information maintained in the protocol plugin or directly from
+ * the corresponding network node.
+ * @return The NodeConnectorStatistics object containing the statistics
+ * present in hardware for the corresponding network node port
+ */
+ public NodeConnectorStatistics readNodeConnector(String container, NodeConnector nodeConnector, boolean cached);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the hardware info for all the node connectors on the specified
+ * network node for the given container
+ *
+ * @param container
+ * the container for which the request is originated
+ * @param node
+ * the target node
+ * @param cached
+ * specify if entries have to be queried from the cached hardware
+ * information maintained in the protocol plugin or directly from
+ * the corresponding network node.
+ * @return The list of NodeConnectorStatistics objects containing the
+ * statistics present in hardware for all the network node ports
+ */
+ public List<NodeConnectorStatistics> readAllNodeConnector(String container, Node node, boolean cached);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the table statistics of the node as specified by the given
+ * container
+ *
+ * @param container
+ * the container for which the request is originated
+ * @param nodeTable
+ * the target network node table
+ * @param cached
+ * specify if entry has to be queried from the cached hardware
+ * information maintained in the protocol plugin or directly from
+ * the corresponding network node.
+ * @return The NodeTableStatistics object containing the statistics present
+ * in hardware for the corresponding network node table
+ */
+ public NodeTableStatistics readNodeTable(String container, NodeTable nodeTable, boolean cached);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the table statistics of all the tables for the specified node
+ *
+ * @param container
+ * the container for which the request is originated
+ * @param node
+ * the target node
+ * @param cached
+ * specify if entries have to be queried from the cached hardware
+ * information maintained in the protocol plugin or directly from
+ * the corresponding network node.
+ * @return The list of NodeTableStatistics objects containing the statistics
+ * present in hardware for all the network node tables
+ */
+ public List<NodeTableStatistics> readAllNodeTable(String containerName, Node node, boolean cached);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the average transmit rate for the specified node connector on the
+ * given container. If the node connector does not belong to the passed
+ * container a zero value is returned
+ *
+ * @param container
+ * the container for which the request is originated
+ * @param nodeConnector
+ * the target node connector
+ * @return The average tx rate in bps
+ */
+ public long getTransmitRate(String container, NodeConnector nodeConnector);
+}