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package org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;

/**
 * Instance of an action that can be executed as a consequence of a match in a
 * match+action table of a protocol-independent pipeline.
 */
@Beta
public interface PiTableAction {

    /**
     * Types of table action.
     */
    enum Type {
        /**
         * Simple action with runtime parameters set by the control plane.
         */
        ACTION,

        /**
         * Executes the action profile group specified by the given identifier.
         */
        ACTION_PROFILE_GROUP_ID,

        /**
         * Executes the action profile member specified by the given
         * identifier.
         */
        ACTION_PROFILE_MEMBER_ID,

        /**
         * Executes the given action set. Used in one-shot action profile
         * programming.
         */
        ACTION_SET
    }

    /**
     * Type of this action.
     *
     * @return a type
     */
    Type type();
}