core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/PacketProcessorEntry.java

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package org.onosproject.net.packet;

/**
 * Packet processor entry tracking the processor, its priority and
 * time consumption.
 */
public interface PacketProcessorEntry {

    /**
     * Returns the packet processor.
     *
     * @return packet processor
     */
    PacketProcessor processor();

    /**
     * Returns the packet processor priority.
     *
     * @return processor priority
     */
    int priority();

    /**
     * Returns the number of invocations.
     *
     * @return number of invocations
     */
    long invocations();

    /**
     * Returns the total time, in nanoseconds, spent processing packets.
     *
     * @return total time in nanos
     */
    long totalNanos();

    /**
     * Returns the average time, in nanoseconds, spent processing packets.
     *
     * @return average time in nanos
     */
    long averageNanos();
}