[ONOS-4718] Add skeleton code for de-serializing LISP ctrl messages
Change-Id: I52f7905538e5832e5282812df869b8158ce23334
diff --git a/protocols/lisp/msg/src/main/java/org/onosproject/lisp/msg/protocols/LispMessageReader.java b/protocols/lisp/msg/src/main/java/org/onosproject/lisp/msg/protocols/LispMessageReader.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.lisp.msg.protocols;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import org.onosproject.lisp.msg.exceptions.LispParseError;
+
+/**
+ * An interface for de-serializing LISP control message.
+ */
+public interface LispMessageReader<T> {
+
+ /**
+ * Reads from byte buffer and de-serialize the LISP control message.
+ *
+ * @param byteBuf byte buffer
+ * @return LISP message instance
+ * @throws LispParseError LISP control message parse error
+ */
+ T readFrom(ByteBuf byteBuf) throws LispParseError;
+}