Extensibility support (serialization part)

[openflowjava.git] / openflow-protocol-api / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / openflowjava / protocol / api / extensibility / HeaderSerializer.java

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+/*\r
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Pantheon Technologies s.r.o. and others.  All rights reserved.\r
+ *\r
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the\r
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,\r
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html\r
+ */\r
+package org.opendaylight.openflowjava.protocol.api.extensibility;\r
+\r
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;\r
+\r
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * Does only-header serialization (such as oxm_ids, action_ids, instruction_ids)\r
+ * @author michal.polkorab\r
+ * @param <SERIALIZER_TYPE>\r
+ */\r
+public interface HeaderSerializer<SERIALIZER_TYPE extends DataObject> extends OFGeneralSerializer {\r
+\r
+    /**\r
+     * Serializes object headers (e.g. for Multipart message - Table Features)\r
+     * @param input object whose headers should be serialized\r
+     * @param outBuffer output buffer\r
+     */\r
+    public void serializeHeader(SERIALIZER_TYPE input, ByteBuf outBuffer);\r
+}\r