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 * Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
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package org.onosproject.sfc.installer;

import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
import org.onosproject.net.NshServicePathId;
import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.FiveTuple;
import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.PortChain;

/**
 * Abstraction of an entity which installs flow classification rules in ovs.
 */
public interface FlowClassifierInstallerService {

    /**
     * Install flow classifier.
     *
     * @param portChain port-chain
     * @param nshSpiId service path index identifier
     * @return connectPoint the network identifier
     */
    ConnectPoint installFlowClassifier(PortChain portChain, NshServicePathId nshSpiId);

    /**
     * Uninstall flow classifier.
     *
     * @param portChain port-chain
     * @param nshSpiId service path index identifier
     * @return connectPoint the network identifier
     */
    ConnectPoint unInstallFlowClassifier(PortChain portChain, NshServicePathId nshSpiId);

    /**
     * Install load balanced flow classifier.
     *
     * @param portChain port-chain
     * @param fiveTuple five tuple packet information
     * @param nshSpiId service path index identifier
     * @return connectPoint the network identifier
     */
    ConnectPoint installLoadBalancedFlowClassifier(PortChain portChain, FiveTuple fiveTuple,
                                                   NshServicePathId nshSpiId);

    /**
     * Uninstall load balanced flow classifier.
     *
     * @param portChain port-chain
     * @param fiveTuple five tuple packet information
     * @param nshSpiId service path index identifier
     * @return connectPoint the network identifier
     */
    ConnectPoint unInstallLoadBalancedFlowClassifier(PortChain portChain, FiveTuple fiveTuple,
                                                     NshServicePathId nshSpiId);
}