2 * Copyright (c) 2013 Pantheon Technologies s.r.o. and others. All rights reserved.
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4 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
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5 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
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6 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
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8 package org.opendaylight.openflowjava.protocol.api.extensibility;
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14 * Stores and handles serializers
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15 * @author michal.polkorab
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18 public interface SerializerRegistry {
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21 * Serializer registry provisioning
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26 * @param msgTypeKey lookup key
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27 * @return serializer or NullPointerException if no serializer was found
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29 <KEYTYPE, SERIALIZERTYPE extends OFGeneralSerializer> SERIALIZERTYPE
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30 getSerializer(MessageTypeKey<KEYTYPE> msgTypeKey);
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33 * Registers serializer
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34 * Throws IllegalStateException when there is
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35 * a serializer already registered under given key.
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37 * If the serializer implements {@link SerializerRegistryInjector} interface,
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38 * the serializer is injected with SerializerRegistry instance.
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40 * @param key used for serializer lookup
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41 * @param serializer serializer implementation
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43 <KEYTYPE> void registerSerializer(MessageTypeKey<KEYTYPE> key,
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44 OFGeneralSerializer serializer);
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47 * Unregisters serializer
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48 * @param key used for serializer lookup
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49 * @param serializer serializer implementation
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50 * @return true if serializer was removed,
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51 * false if no serializer was found under specified key
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53 <KEYTYPE> boolean unregisterSerializer(MessageTypeKey<KEYTYPE> key);
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