| /* |
| * Copyright 2014-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.net.intent; |
| |
| import com.google.common.annotations.Beta; |
| |
| import java.util.List; |
| |
| /** |
| * Abstraction of a compiler which is capable of taking an intent |
| * and translating it to other, potentially installable, intents. |
| * |
| * @param <T> the type of intent |
| */ |
| @Beta |
| public interface IntentCompiler<T extends Intent> { |
| /** |
| * Compiles the specified intent into other intents. |
| * |
| * @param intent intent to be compiled |
| * @param installable previous compilation result; optional |
| * @return list of resulting intents |
| * @throws IntentException if issues are encountered while compiling the intent |
| */ |
| List<Intent> compile(T intent, List<Intent> installable); |
| |
| } |