null device provider implementation along with directory structure
for the other device providers

initial null provider directory structure

Change-Id: Ib7a766a854ba1863564ce2dc950f597a41a4e545

better with files

Change-Id: I041ea7bb718748e5f72ccaf06836c322b4e411d6

no binaries needed

Change-Id: I0bc978dd5bf6d20968bd1a28c6165b9f49ba585b

start nulldeviceprovider

Change-Id: If75bced900c185ca58a9302130c4d4a3cc18f12d

null device provider trivial implementation

supports hardcoded number of devices and ports, this will ultimately be extented to cli/rest configuration.

Change-Id: Iaeffc5526526b90fb1ecbcc0bd8b88103bdb921a
diff --git a/providers/null/pom.xml b/providers/null/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ 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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <artifactId>onos-providers</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-null-providers</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS null protocol adapters</description>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>device</module>
+        <module>link</module>
+        <module>host</module>
+        <module>packet</module>
+        <module>flow</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <dependencies>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>