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package org.onosproject.net.pi.model;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Model of an action with runtime parameters in a protocol-independent pipeline.
 */
@Beta
public interface PiActionModel {
    /**
     * Returns the name of this action.
     *
     * @return a string value
     */
    String name();

    /**
     * Returns the model of this action's parameter defined by the given name, if present.
     *
     * @param name action name
     * @return action parameter model
     */
    Optional<PiActionParamModel> param(String name);

    /**
     * Returns the list of action parameter models, ordered according to the same action parameters
     * defined in the pipeline model.
     *
     * @return list of action parameter models
     */
    List<PiActionParamModel> params();
}