Implementation of new Flow Subsystem:

The subsystem no longer returns futures for tracking completion of work.
Notifications are explicitely returned via a call back mechanism. Also, the
subsystem is now asynchronous.

Change-Id: I1a4cef931c24820f9ae9ed9a5398f163f05dfbc9

more flowservice improvements

Change-Id: I5c9c1b6be4b2ebfa523b64f6f52e7634b7d3e05f

more flowservice impl

Change-Id: I05f6774460effb53ced8c36844bcda2f8f6c096f

Manager to store functional (at least i believe it)

Change-Id: I09b04989bd1004c98fe0bafed4c76714b9155d53

flow subsystem functional: need to fix unit tests

Change-Id: I1667f25b91320f625a03e5e1d5e92823184d9de0

flow subsystem functional

Change-Id: I429b3335c16d4fc16f5d55f233dd37c4d1d6111d

finished refactor of flow subsystem

Change-Id: I1899abc6ff6a974a2018d936cc555049c70a6804

fix for null flow provider to use new api

Change-Id: If2fd9bd5baf74d9c61c5c8085cef8bc2d204cbdc
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flow/FlowRuleStore.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flow/FlowRuleStore.java
index 6fca2c3..d3aebba 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flow/FlowRuleStore.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/flow/FlowRuleStore.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.net.flow;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.Future;
-
 import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
 import org.onosproject.store.Store;
 
@@ -54,6 +52,7 @@
      *
      * @param rule the flow rule to add
      */
+    @Deprecated
     void storeFlowRule(FlowRule rule);
 
     /**
@@ -61,10 +60,9 @@
      *
      * @param batchOperation batch of flow rules.
      *           A batch can contain flow rules for a single device only.
-     * @return Future response indicating success/failure of the batch operation
-     * all the way down to the device.
+     *
      */
-    Future<CompletedBatchOperation> storeBatch(FlowRuleBatchOperation batchOperation);
+    void storeBatch(FlowRuleBatchOperation batchOperation);
 
     /**
      * Invoked on the completion of a storeBatch operation.