| /* |
| * Copyright 2016-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.resource; |
| |
| import com.google.common.annotations.Beta; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents the common interface to encode an object of the specified type to an integer, |
| * and to decode an integer to an object of the specified type. |
| * This class is intended to be used only by the ResourceService implementation. |
| */ |
| @Beta |
| public interface DiscreteResourceCodec<T> { |
| /** |
| * Encodes the specified object to an integer. |
| * |
| * @param resource resource |
| * @return encoded integer |
| */ |
| int encode(T resource); |
| |
| /** |
| * Decodes the specified integer to an object. |
| * |
| * @param value encoded integer |
| * @return decoded discrete resource |
| */ |
| T decode(int value); |
| } |