| /* |
| * Copyright 2014 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.core.impl; |
| |
| import org.onosproject.core.IdBlock; |
| |
| /** |
| * An interface that gives unique ID spaces. |
| */ |
| public interface IdBlockAllocator { |
| /** |
| * Allocates a unique Id Block. |
| * |
| * @return Id Block. |
| */ |
| IdBlock allocateUniqueIdBlock(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Allocates next unique id and retrieve a new range of ids if needed. |
| * |
| * @param range range to use for the identifier |
| * @return Id Block. |
| */ |
| IdBlock allocateUniqueIdBlock(long range); |
| } |