core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/host/HostProbingProviderService.java

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package org.onosproject.net.host;

import org.onlab.packet.MacAddress;
import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
import org.onosproject.net.Host;
import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderService;

/**
 * Means of conveying host probing information to the core.
 */
public interface HostProbingProviderService extends ProviderService<HostProbingProvider> {

    /**
     * Notifies HostProbeStore the beginning of pending host location verification and
     * retrieves the unique MAC address for the probe.
     *
     * @param host host to be probed
     * @param connectPoint the connect point that is under verification
     * @param probeMode probe mode
     * @param probeMac probeMac if this is a retry.
     *                 Null if this is the very first probe and the probeMac is to-be-generated
     * @param retry max retry times
     * @return probeMac, the source MAC address ONOS uses to probe the host
     */
     MacAddress addProbingHost(Host host, ConnectPoint connectPoint, ProbeMode probeMode,
                                      MacAddress probeMac, int retry);

    /**
     * Notifies HostProbeStore the end of pending host location verification.
     *
     * @param probeMac the source MAC address ONOS uses to probe the host
     */
     void removeProbingHost(MacAddress probeMac);
}