Extensibility support (serialization part)

[openflowjava.git] / openflow-protocol-spi / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / openflowjava / protocol / spi / connection / SwitchConnectionProvider.java

diff --git a/openflow-protocol-spi/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/openflowjava/protocol/spi/connection/SwitchConnectionProvider.java b/openflow-protocol-spi/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/openflowjava/protocol/spi/connection/SwitchConnectionProvider.java
index 56766a7bfd2258ab6fb5ef4ffea289e60399f8cc..8b4b958aee25793c8ebb176f7231e7fd35381111 100644 (file)
--- a/openflow-protocol-spi/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/openflowjava/protocol/spi/connection/SwitchConnectionProvider.java
+++ b/openflow-protocol-spi/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/openflowjava/protocol/spi/connection/SwitchConnectionProvider.java
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ package org.opendaylight.openflowjava.protocol.spi.connection;
 
 import org.opendaylight.openflowjava.protocol.api.connection.ConnectionConfiguration;
 import org.opendaylight.openflowjava.protocol.api.connection.SwitchConnectionHandler;
+import org.opendaylight.openflowjava.protocol.api.extensibility.MessageTypeKey;
+import org.opendaylight.openflowjava.protocol.api.extensibility.OFSerializer;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
 
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 
@@ -43,5 +46,12 @@ public interface SwitchConnectionProvider extends AutoCloseable {
      * @param switchConHandler instance being informed when new switch connects
      */
     void setSwitchConnectionHandler(SwitchConnectionHandler switchConHandler);
-    
+
+    /**
+     * Registers custom serializer
+     * @param key used for serializer lookup
+     * @param serializer serializer implementation
+     */
+    public  <E extends DataObject> void registerCustomSerializer(MessageTypeKey<E> key,
+            OFSerializer<E> serializer);
 }