import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.api.Broker.ProviderSession;
/**
- *
+ *
* Defines the component of controller and supplies additional metadata. A
* component of the controller or application supplies a concrete implementation
* of this interface.
- *
+ *
* <p>
- * A user-implemented component (application) which faciliates the SAL and SAL
+ * A user-implemented component (application) which facilitates the SAL and SAL
* services to access infrastructure services and to provide functionality to
* {@link Consumer}s and other providers.
- *
- *
+ *
+ *
*/
public interface Provider {
/**
* Callback signaling initialization of the provider session to the SAL.
- *
+ *
* <p>
* The provider <b>MUST use the session</b> for all communication with SAL
* or retrieving SAL infrastructure services.
- *
+ *
* <p>
* This method is invoked by {@link Broker#registerConsumer(Consumer)}
- *
+ *
* @param session
* Unique session between provider and SAL.
*/
public void onSessionInitiated(ProviderSession session);
/**
- * Gets a set of implementations of provider functionality to be registered
- * into system during the provider registration to the SAL.
- *
- * <p>
- * This method is invoked by {@link Broker#registerProvider(Provider)} to
- * learn the initial provided functionality
- *
- * @return Set of provider's functionality.
+ * @deprecated - No longer used or needed
+ *
+ * Suggested implementation until removed:
+ * @code {
+ * public Collection<ProviderFunctionality> getProviderFunctionality() {
+ * return Collections.emptySet();
+ * }
+ * }
*/
+ @Deprecated
public Collection<ProviderFunctionality> getProviderFunctionality();
/**
- * Functionality provided by the {@link Provider}
- *
- * <p>
- * Marker interface used to mark the interfaces describing specific
- * functionality which could be exposed by providers to other components.
- *
-
- *
+ * @deprecated - no longer used or needed
*/
+ @Deprecated
public interface ProviderFunctionality {
}