Defined edge-port subsystem interface.

Change-Id: I4d376ea50292c0d2ab313e7d07a2aa0209a739c1
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.net.edge;
+
+import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+
+/**
+ * Describes an event pertaining to edge-port inventory.
+ */
+public class EdgePortEvent extends AbstractEvent<EdgePortEvent.Type, ConnectPoint> {
+
+    public enum Type {
+        /**
+         * Signifies that a new edge port was detected.
+         */
+        EDGE_PORT_ADDED,
+
+        /**
+         * Signifies that a new edge port vanished.
+         */
+        EDGE_PORT_REMOVED
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new edge port event.
+     *
+     * @param type    event type
+     * @param subject connection point subject
+     */
+    protected EdgePortEvent(Type type, ConnectPoint subject) {
+        super(type, subject);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new edge port event.
+     *
+     * @param type    event type
+     * @param subject connection point subject
+     * @param time    occurrence time
+     */
+    protected EdgePortEvent(Type type, ConnectPoint subject, long time) {
+        super(type, subject, time);
+    }
+
+}