[Falcon] Add ComponentService that allows applications to select which components are loaded.
Change-Id: I1e5eceef65c16040b75cf35ac88a497ba9a05412
diff --git a/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/component/ComponentService.java b/incubator/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/incubator/component/ComponentService.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.incubator.component;
+
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+
+/**
+ * Service for managing the components in the system.
+ */
+public interface ComponentService {
+
+ /**
+ * Activates the component identified by the given name. If the component
+ * is not currently available, it will be activated when it becomes
+ * available.
+ *
+ * @param appId application ID of the requesting application
+ * @param name fully-qualified name of the component to activate
+ */
+ void activate(ApplicationId appId, String name);
+
+ /**
+ * Deactivates the component identified by the given name.
+ *
+ * @param appId application ID of the requesting application
+ * @param name fully-qualified name of the component to deactivate
+ */
+ void deactivate(ApplicationId appId, String name);
+}