NodeConnector custom type

[controller.git] / opendaylight / sal / api / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / controller / sal / utils / INodeConnectorFactory.java

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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.sal.utils;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Node;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.NodeConnector;
+
+/**
+ * @file   INodeFactory.java
+ *
+ * @brief  Define the interface to be called when looking up custom node types
+ *
+ */
+
+public interface INodeConnectorFactory {
+    /**
+     * Method to get custom NodeConnector types from protocol plugins
+     *
+     */
+    public NodeConnector fromStringNoNode(String typeStr, String IDStr,
+            Node n);
+}