BUG-7608: Clarify DOMRpc routing/invocation/listener interactions

[controller.git] / opendaylight / md-sal / sal-dom-api / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / controller / md / sal / dom / api / DOMRpcService.java

diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/md/sal/dom/api/DOMRpcService.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/md/sal/dom/api/DOMRpcService.java
index e0c95a197bfc08709a79a97ff05cf276834e7e3d..c84e2d3ad0a6216d1def8b687f5e003f8effe031 100644 (file)
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/md/sal/dom/api/DOMRpcService.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/md/sal/dom/api/DOMRpcService.java
@@ -31,17 +31,22 @@ public interface DOMRpcService extends DOMService {
      *         or report a subclass of {@link DOMRpcException} reporting a transport
      *         error.
      */
-    @Nonnull CheckedFuture<DOMRpcResult, DOMRpcException> invokeRpc(@Nonnull SchemaPath type, @Nullable NormalizedNode<?, ?> input);
+    @Nonnull CheckedFuture<DOMRpcResult, DOMRpcException> invokeRpc(@Nonnull SchemaPath type,
+            @Nullable NormalizedNode<?, ?> input);
 
     /**
      * Register a {@link DOMRpcAvailabilityListener} with this service to receive notifications
      * about RPC implementations becoming (un)available. The listener will be invoked with the
      * current implementations reported and will be kept uptodate as implementations come and go.
      *
-     * Users should note that using a listener does not necessarily mean that {@link #invokeRpc(SchemaPath, NormalizedNode)}
-     * will not report a failure due to {@link DOMRpcImplementationNotAvailableException} and
-     * need to be ready to handle it. Implementations are encouraged to take reasonable precautions
-     * to prevent this scenario from occurring.
+     * <p>
+     * Users should note that using a listener does not necessarily mean that
+     * {@link #invokeRpc(SchemaPath, NormalizedNode)} will not report a failure due to
+     * {@link DOMRpcImplementationNotAvailableException} and need to be ready to handle it.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * Implementations of this interface are encouraged to take reasonable precautions to prevent this scenario from
+     * occurring.
      *
      * @param listener {@link DOMRpcAvailabilityListener} instance to register
      * @return A {@link ListenerRegistration} representing this registration. Performing