| /* |
| * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory |
| * |
| * 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 |
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| */ |
| package org.onlab.onos.cluster; |
| |
| /** |
| * Service for leader election. |
| * Leadership contents are organized around topics. ONOS instance can join the |
| * leadership race for a topic or withdraw from a race it has previously joined |
| * Once in the race, the instance can get asynchronously notified |
| * of leadership election results. |
| */ |
| public interface LeadershipService { |
| |
| /** |
| * Joins the leadership contest. |
| * @param path topic for which this controller node wishes to be a leader. |
| */ |
| void runForLeadership(String path); |
| |
| /** |
| * Withdraws from a leadership contest. |
| * @param path topic for which this controller node no longer wishes to be a leader. |
| */ |
| void withdraw(String path); |
| |
| /** |
| * Registers a event listener to be notified of leadership events. |
| * @param listener listener that will asynchronously notified of leadership events. |
| */ |
| void addListener(LeadershipEventListener listener); |
| |
| /** |
| * Unregisters a event listener for leadership events. |
| * @param listener listener to be removed. |
| */ |
| void removeListener(LeadershipEventListener listener); |
| } |