OSPF protocol manual merge from 1.6, due to cherry pick merge conflict
Change-Id: I93653e745468722ce95533537a79e897b4292f5d
diff --git a/protocols/ospf/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ospf/controller/OspfMessage.java b/protocols/ospf/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ospf/controller/OspfMessage.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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.ospf.controller;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.onlab.packet.Ip4Address;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of an OSPF message.
+ */
+public interface OspfMessage {
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the interface index on which the message received.
+ *
+ * @return interface index on which the message received
+ */
+ int interfaceIndex();
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the interface index on which the message received.
+ *
+ * @param interfaceIndex interface index on which the message received
+ */
+ void setInterfaceIndex(int interfaceIndex);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the type of OSPF message.
+ *
+ * @return OSPF message type
+ */
+ public OspfPacketType ospfMessageType();
+
+ /**
+ * Reads from ChannelBuffer and initializes the type of LSA.
+ *
+ * @param channelBuffer channel buffer instance
+ * @throws Exception might throws exception while parsing buffer
+ */
+ void readFrom(ChannelBuffer channelBuffer) throws Exception;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns OSPFMessage as byte array.
+ *
+ * @return OSPF message as bytes
+ */
+ byte[] asBytes();
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the source IP address.
+ *
+ * @param sourceIp IP address
+ */
+ public void setSourceIp(Ip4Address sourceIp);
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the destination IP address.
+ *
+ * @return destination IP address
+ */
+ public Ip4Address destinationIp();
+
+ /**
+ * Sets destination IP.
+ *
+ * @param destinationIp destination IP address
+ */
+ public void setDestinationIp(Ip4Address destinationIp);
+}
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