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package org.onosproject.net.flowobjective;

import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;

/**
 * Service for programming data plane flow rules in manner independent of
 * specific device table pipeline configuration.
 */
public interface FlowObjectiveService {

    /**
     * Installs the filtering rules onto the specified device.
     *
     * @param deviceId            device identifier
     * @param filteringObjective the filtering objective
     */
    void filter(DeviceId deviceId, FilteringObjective filteringObjective);

    /**
     * Installs the forwarding rules onto the specified device.
     *
     * @param deviceId             device identifier
     * @param forwardingObjective the forwarding objective
     */
    void forward(DeviceId deviceId, ForwardingObjective forwardingObjective);

    /**
     * Installs the next hop elements into the specified device.
     *
     * @param deviceId       device identifier
     * @param nextObjective a next objective
     */
    void next(DeviceId deviceId, NextObjective nextObjective);

    /**
     * Obtains a globally unique next objective.
     * @return an integer
     */
    int allocateNextId();

}