/**
 * Copyright 2016 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
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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package org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.converter;

import org.onosproject.event.Event;

import com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3;

/**
 *
 * APIs for converting between ONOS event objects and protobuf data objects.
 *
 */
public interface EventConverter {

    /**
     * Converts ONOS specific event data to a format that is suitable for export
     * to Kafka.
     *
     * @param event ONOS Event object
     * @return converted data in protobuf format.
     */
    // FIXME reconsider return type, something similar to "OnosEvent"?
    GeneratedMessageV3 convertToProtoMessage(Event<?, ?> event);
}