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package org.onosproject.net.flow;

/**
 * Match+action table identifier.
 */
public interface TableId {

    /**
     * Types of table identifier.
     */
    enum Type {
        /**
         * Signifies that the table identifier corresponds to the position of the table in the pipeline.
         */
        INDEX,

        /**
         * Signifies that the table identifier is pipeline-independent.
         */
        PIPELINE_INDEPENDENT
    }

    /**
     * Gets type of this table ID.
     *
     * @return type
     */
    Type type();

    /**
     * Compares table ID.
     *
     * @param other table ID to be compared
     * @return zero if the table IDs are the same. Otherwise, return a non-zero integer
     */
    int compareTo(TableId other);
}