apps/optical-model/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/optical/device/port/PortMapper.java

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package org.onosproject.net.optical.device.port;

import java.util.Optional;

import org.onosproject.net.Port;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;

/**
 * Abstraction of a class capable of  translating generic-Port object
 * as another domain-specific Port of type {@code P}.
 *
 * @param <P> Port type to map generic Port to
 */
@Beta
public interface PortMapper<P extends Port> {

    /**
     * Returns true if this port is capable of being projected as {@code <P>}.
     *
     * @param port port
     * @return true if this port can be projected as the given type
     */
    boolean is(Port port);

    /**
     * Returns {@code port} mapped to {@code <P>}.
     *
     * @param port Port to map
     * @return {@code port} mapped to {@code <P>}
     */
    Optional<P> as(Port port);
}