implemented a distributed default flow registration mechanism to avoid duplicate requests from other onos instances

Change-Id: Ib2abb483456538e3e08e9790c4b4b0d50db8b384

implemented a distributed default flow registration mechanism to avoid
duplicate requests from other onos instances

Change-Id: I620cc51ac29cddaffa73cdbb20e9a9acbdd9ea69
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/PacketRequest.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/PacketRequest.java
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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.packet;
+
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.FlowRule;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficSelector;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a packet request made to devices.
+ */
+public interface PacketRequest {
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain the traffic selector.
+     * @return a traffic selector
+     */
+    public TrafficSelector selector();
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain the priority.
+     * @return a PacketPriority
+     */
+    public PacketPriority priority();
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain the application id.
+     * @return an application id
+     */
+    public ApplicationId appId();
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain the table type.
+     * @return a table type
+     */
+    public FlowRule.Type tableType();
+
+}