Fixed the problem in which different containers could have different mac addresses...

[controller.git] / opendaylight / switchmanager / implementation / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / controller / switchmanager / internal / IControllerProperties.java

diff --git a/opendaylight/switchmanager/implementation/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/switchmanager/internal/IControllerProperties.java b/opendaylight/switchmanager/implementation/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/switchmanager/internal/IControllerProperties.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.switchmanager.internal;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Property;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.utils.Status;
+
+/**
+ * The class ControllerProperties is a global store
+ * for controller properties. Use this api to store/retrieve properties
+ * that are container independent.
+ *
+ * This is visible only to switch manager. Hence its a part of
+ * switch manager internal bundle.
+ */
+public interface IControllerProperties {
+
+    /**
+     * Return all the global properties of the controller
+     *
+     * @return map of {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Property} such
+     *         as {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Description}
+     *         and/or {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Tier} etc.
+     */
+    public Map<String, Property> getControllerProperties();
+
+    /**
+     * Return a specific property of the controller given the property name
+     *
+     * @param propertyName
+     *            the property name specified by
+     *            {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Property} and its
+     *            extended classes
+     * @return {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Property}
+     */
+    public Property getControllerProperty(String propertyName);
+
+    /**
+     * Set a specific property of the controller
+     *
+     * @param property
+     *            {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Property}
+     * @return Status
+     */
+    public Status setControllerProperty(Property property);
+
+    /**
+     * Remove a property of a node
+     *
+     * @param propertyName
+     *            the property name specified by
+     *            {@link org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Property} and its
+     *            extended classes
+     * @return success or failed reason
+     */
+    public Status removeControllerProperty(String propertyName);
+
+}