Extensibility support (deserialization part)

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

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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Pantheon Technologies s.r.o. 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.openflowjava.protocol.api.extensibility;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
+
+/**
+ * Uniform interface for deserializing factories
+ * @author michal.polkorab
+ * @author timotej.kubas
+ * @param <E> message code type
+ */
+public interface OFDeserializer<E extends DataObject> extends OFGeneralDeserializer {
+
+    /**
+     * Transforms byte message into POJO/DTO (of type E).
+     * 
+     * @param message message as bytes in ByteBuf
+     * @return POJO/DTO
+     */
+    public E deserialize(ByteBuf message);
+}