core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/behaviour/PipelinerContext.java

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package org.onosproject.net.behaviour;

import org.onlab.osgi.ServiceDirectory;
import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.FlowObjectiveStore;

/**
 * Processing context and supporting services for the pipeline behaviour.
 */
public interface PipelinerContext {

    /**
     * Returns the service directory which can be used to obtain references
     * to various supporting services.
     *
     * @return service directory
     */
    ServiceDirectory directory();

    /**
     * Returns the Objective Store where data can be stored and retrieved.
     * @return the flow objective store
     */
    FlowObjectiveStore store();

    // TODO: add means to store and access shared state
}