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[controller.git] / opendaylight / sal / api / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / controller / sal / flowprogrammer / IFlowProgrammerService.java

diff --git a/opendaylight/sal/api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/flowprogrammer/IFlowProgrammerService.java b/opendaylight/sal/api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/flowprogrammer/IFlowProgrammerService.java
index dbd7eafa36b8f71c1a50c71459f799a64fd45b33..0b38dda8cb6c4e8f02ee97494fd8bd201a4efeb4 100644 (file)
--- a/opendaylight/sal/api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/flowprogrammer/IFlowProgrammerService.java
+++ b/opendaylight/sal/api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/flowprogrammer/IFlowProgrammerService.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.utils.Status;
 public interface IFlowProgrammerService {
     /**
      * Synchronously add a flow to the network node
-     * 
+     *
      * @param node
      *            The target network node
      * @param flow
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public interface IFlowProgrammerService {
 
     /**
      * Synchronously modify existing flow on the switch
-     * 
+     *
      * @param node
      *            The target network node
      * @param oldFlow
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public interface IFlowProgrammerService {
 
     /**
      * Synchronously remove the flow from the network node
-     * 
+     *
      * @param node
      *            The target network node
      * @param flow
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public interface IFlowProgrammerService {
 
     /**
      * Asynchronously add a flow to the network node
-     * 
+     *
      * @param node
      *            The target network node
      * @param flow
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public interface IFlowProgrammerService {
 
     /**
      * Asynchronously modify existing flow on the switch
-     * 
+     *
      * @param node
      *            The target network node
      * @param oldFlow
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public interface IFlowProgrammerService {
 
     /**
      * Asynchronously remove the flow from the network node
-     * 
+     *
      * @param node
      *            The target network node
      * @param flow
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public interface IFlowProgrammerService {
 
     /**
      * Remove all flows present on the network node
-     * 
+     *
      * @param node
      *            The target network node
      * @return The status of this request containing the unique request id
@@ -96,17 +96,33 @@ public interface IFlowProgrammerService {
     Status removeAllFlows(Node node);
 
     /**
-     * Send synchronous Barrier message
-     * 
+     * Send Barrier message synchronously. The caller will be blocked until the
+     * solicitation response arrives.
+     *
      * Solicit the network node to report whether all the requests sent so far
      * are completed. When this call is done, caller knows that all past flow
      * operations requested to the node in asynchronous fashion were satisfied
      * by the network node and that in case of any failure, a message was sent
      * to the controller.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param node
      *            The network node to solicit
      * @return The status of this request containing the unique request id
      */
-    Status sendBarrierMessage(Node node);
+    Status syncSendBarrierMessage(Node node);
+
+    /**
+     * Send Barrier message asynchronously. The caller is not blocked.
+     *
+     * Solicit the network node to report whether all the requests sent so far
+     * are completed. When this call is done, caller knows that all past flow
+     * operations requested to the node in asynchronous fashion were satisfied
+     * by the network node and that in case of any failure, a message was sent
+     * to the controller.
+     *
+     * @param node
+     *            The network node to solicit
+     * @return The status of this request containing the unique request id
+     */
+    Status asyncSendBarrierMessage(Node node);
 }