Move adsal into its own subdirectory.

[controller.git] / opendaylight / adsal / forwardingrulesmanager / api / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / controller / forwardingrulesmanager / PortGroupProvider.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.forwardingrulesmanager;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Node;
+
+/**
+ * PortGroupProvider interface provides all the necessary blueprint for a custom
+ * application to implement in order to provide Port Grouping Service. Custom
+ * Application that implements this interface will have to handle the opaque
+ * match criteria passed to it via PortGroupConfig.
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ */
+public interface PortGroupProvider {
+    /**
+     * This method is invoked by the Controller towards the Provider when a new
+     * port group is configured.
+     *
+     * @param config
+     *            New PortGroupConfig object created by user Configuration.
+     * @return true if successful. false otherwise.
+     */
+    boolean createPortGroupConfig(PortGroupConfig config);
+
+    /**
+     * This method is invoked by the Controller towards the Provider when an
+     * existing port group is deleted.
+     *
+     * @param config
+     *            Existing Port Group Configuration deleted by the user.
+     * @return true if successful. false otherwise.
+     */
+    boolean deletePortGroupConfig(PortGroupConfig config);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the complete mapping database corresponds to a PortGroup
+     * Configuration. Its the PortGroupProvider Application's responsibility to
+     * manage the Switches & the Set of its Ports that correspond to each of the
+     * Configuration and return it to the Controller when requested.
+     *
+     * @param config
+     *            User Configuration
+     * @see PortGroupConfig
+     * @return Database of Switch-Id to PortGroup mapping that corresponds to
+     *         the Port Group User Configuration.
+     */
+    Map<Node, PortGroup> getPortGroupData(PortGroupConfig config);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns PortGroup data for a given Switch and user Configuration. Its the
+     * PortGroupProvider Application's responsibility to manage the Switches &
+     * the Set of its Ports that correspond to each of the Configuration and
+     * return it to the Controller when requested.
+     *
+     * @param config
+     *            User Configuration
+     * @param matrixSwitchId
+     *            Switch Id that represents an openflow Switch
+     * @see PortGroupConfig
+     * @return PortGroup data for a given Openflow switch.
+     * @see PortGroup
+     */
+    PortGroup getPortGroupData(PortGroupConfig config, long matrixSwitchId);
+
+    /**
+     * Registers a Listener for Port Group membership changes based on Custom
+     * application algorithm.
+     *
+     * @param listener
+     *            A Controller module that listens to events from the Custom
+     *            Port Grouping Application.
+     */
+    void registerPortGroupChange(PortGroupChangeListener listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Application returns an Usage string for the Match Criteria User
+     * Configuration. Controller provides an opportunity for application to
+     * implement Custom Algorithm for Port Grouping. This method exposes the
+     * custom algorithm to the user so that the user can configure the
+     * matchString regular expression in PortGroupConfig appropriately.
+     *
+     * @return Usage string.
+     */
+    String getApplicationDrivenMatchCriteriaUsage();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the Custom Application that implements
+     * PortGroupProvider interface.
+     *
+     * @return Provider Name
+     */
+    String getProviderName();
+
+    /**
+     * Controller uses this method to check with the Provider supports the
+     * matchCriteria String configured by the User.
+     *
+     * @param matchCriteria
+     * @return true if the Provider supports the matchCriteria String. false
+     *         otherwise.
+     */
+    boolean isMatchCriteriaSupported(String matchCriteria);
+}