sketching model elements for meter objects.
Change-Id: Ie9e8eb2af634f2f591089445d2258495285dcdd1
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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.net.meter;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a band used within a meter.
+ */
+public interface Band {
+
+ /**
+ * Specifies the type of band.
+ */
+ enum Type {
+ /**
+ * Simple rate limiter which drops packets
+ * when the rate is exceeded.
+ */
+ DROP,
+
+ /**
+ * defines a simple DiffServ policer that remark
+ * the drop precedence of the DSCP eld in the
+ * IP header of the packets that exceed the band
+ * rate value.
+ */
+ REMARK
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * The rate at which this meter applies.
+ *
+ * @return the integer value of the rate
+ */
+ int rate();
+
+ /**
+ * The burst size at which the meter applies.
+ *
+ * @return the integer value of the size
+ */
+ int burst();
+
+
+}