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package org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;

/**
 * Abstraction of a runtime entity of a protocol-independent pipeline.
 */
@Beta
public interface PiEntity {

    /**
     * Returns the type of this entity.
     *
     * @return entity type
     */
    PiEntityType piEntityType();

    /**
     * Returns a handle for this PI entity and the given device ID.
     *
     * @param deviceId device ID
     * @return handle
     */
    PiHandle handle(DeviceId deviceId);
}