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package org.onosproject.bgpmonitoring;

/**
 * Abstraction of an BMP controller. It handles BMP messages from BMP routers
 */
public interface BmpController {

    /**
     * Start listening bmp messages from bmp router.
     */
    void startListener();

    /**
     * Stop listening bmp messages from bmp router.
     */
    void closeListener();

    /**
     * Process bmp message and notify the appropriate listeners.
     *
     * @param message   the message to process.
     * @throws BmpParseException on data processing error
     */
    void processBmpPacket(BmpMessage message) throws BmpParseException;

}