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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015-present 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.sfc.installer;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.NshServicePathId;
+import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.FiveTuple;
+import org.onosproject.vtnrsc.PortChain;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction of an entity which installs flow classification rules in ovs.
+ */
+public interface SfcFlowRuleInstallerService {
+
+    /**
+     * Install flow classifier.
+     *
+     * @param portChain port-chain
+     * @param nshSpiId service path index identifier
+     * @return connectPoint the network identifier
+     */
+    ConnectPoint installFlowClassifier(PortChain portChain, NshServicePathId nshSpiId);
+
+    /**
+     * Uninstall flow classifier.
+     *
+     * @param portChain port-chain
+     * @param nshSpiId service path index identifier
+     * @return connectPoint the network identifier
+     */
+    ConnectPoint unInstallFlowClassifier(PortChain portChain, NshServicePathId nshSpiId);
+
+    /**
+     * Install load balanced flow rules.
+     *
+     * @param portChain port-chain
+     * @param fiveTuple five tuple packet information
+     * @param nshSpiId service path index identifier
+     * @return connectPoint the network identifier
+     */
+    ConnectPoint installLoadBalancedFlowRules(PortChain portChain, FiveTuple fiveTuple,
+            NshServicePathId nshSpiId);
+
+    /**
+     * Uninstall load balanced flow rules.
+     *
+     * @param portChain port-chain
+     * @param fiveTuple five tuple packet information
+     * @param nshSpiId service path index identifier
+     * @return connectPoint the network identifier
+     */
+    ConnectPoint unInstallLoadBalancedFlowRules(PortChain portChain, FiveTuple fiveTuple,
+            NshServicePathId nshSpiId);
+}