Deprecating unused get{Provider,Consumer} Functionality

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

diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/api/Provider.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/api/Provider.java
index 0a57d12579239ae29e9fff251651db8483f1ee16..4f32983f84b7e7f5a0408e1b5dfcdf4f5a01b65c 100644 (file)
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/api/Provider.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-dom-api/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/core/api/Provider.java
@@ -42,27 +42,22 @@ public interface Provider {
     public void onSessionInitiated(ProviderSession session);
 
     /**
-     * Gets a set of implementations of provider functionality to be registered
-     * into system during the provider registration to the SAL.
+     * @deprecated - No longer used or needed
      *
-     * <p>
-     * This method is invoked by {@link Broker#registerProvider(Provider)} to
-     * learn the initial provided functionality
-     *
-     * @return Set of provider's functionality.
+     * Suggested implementation until removed:
+     * @code {
+     * public Collection<ProviderFunctionality> getProviderFunctionality() {
+     *  return Collections.emptySet();
+     * }
+     * }
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public Collection<ProviderFunctionality> getProviderFunctionality();
 
     /**
-     * Functionality provided by the {@link Provider}
-     *
-     * <p>
-     * Marker interface used to mark the interfaces describing specific
-     * functionality which could be exposed by providers to other components.
-     *
-
-     *
+     * @deprecated - no longer used or needed
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public interface ProviderFunctionality {
 
     }