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-/**
- * Copyright 2013, Big Switch Networks, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
- * a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- **/
-
-package org.openflow.protocol.factory;
-
-import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
-import org.openflow.protocol.action.OFActionVendor;
-
-/** Interface contract for an actionfactory that creates vendor-specific actions.
- * VendorActionFactories are registered with the BasicFactory for a specific
- * vendor id.
- * <p>
- * <b>Note:</b> Implementations are expected to be thread-safe.
- *
- * @author Andreas Wundsam <andreas.wundsam@bigswitch.com>
- */
-public interface OFVendorActionFactory {
-
- /** parse the data from the wire, create and return a vendor-specific action.
- *
- * @param data contains a serialized vendor action at the current readerPosition.
- * The full message is guaranteed to be available in the buffer.
- *
- * @return upon success returns a newly allocated vendor-specific
- * action instance, and advances the readerPosition in data for the
- * entire length. Upon failure, returns null and leaves the readerPosition
- * in data unmodified.
- */
- OFActionVendor readFrom(ChannelBuffer data);
-}