core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/packet/PacketService.java

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package org.onosproject.net.packet;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficSelector;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Service for intercepting data plane packets and for emitting synthetic
 * outbound packets.
 */
public interface PacketService {

    // TODO: ponder better ordering scheme that does not require absolute numbers

    /**
     * Adds the specified processor to the list of packet processors.
     * It will be added into the list in the order of priority. The higher
     * numbers will be processing the packets after the lower numbers.
     *
     * @param processor processor to be added
     * @param priority  priority in the reverse natural order
     * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if a processor with the
     *                                            given priority already exists
     */
    void addProcessor(PacketProcessor processor, int priority);

    // TODO allow processors to register for particular types of packets

    /**
     * Removes the specified processor from the processing pipeline.
     *
     * @param processor packet processor
     */
    void removeProcessor(PacketProcessor processor);

    /**
     * Returns priority bindings of all registered packet processor entries.
     *
     * @return list of existing packet processor entries
     */
    @Beta
    List<PacketProcessorEntry> getProcessors();

    /**
     * Requests that packets matching the given selector are punted from the
     * dataplane to the controller.
     *
     * @param selector the traffic selector used to match packets
     * @param priority the priority of the rule
     * @param appId    the application ID of the requester
     */
    @Deprecated
    void requestPackets(TrafficSelector selector, PacketPriority priority,
                        ApplicationId appId);


    /**
     * Requests that packets matching the given selector are punted from the
     * dataplane to the controller. If a deviceId is specified then the
     * packet request is only installed at the device represented by that
     * deviceId.
     *
     * @param selector the traffic selector used to match packets
     * @param priority the priority of the rule
     * @param appId    the application ID of the requester
     * @param deviceId an optional deviceId
     */
    void requestPackets(TrafficSelector selector, PacketPriority priority,
                        ApplicationId appId, Optional<DeviceId> deviceId);

    /**
     * Cancels previous packet requests for packets matching the given
     * selector to be punted from the dataplane to the controller.
     *
     * @param selector the traffic selector used to match packets
     * @param priority the priority of the rule
     * @param appId    the application ID of the requester
     */
    @Deprecated
    void cancelPackets(TrafficSelector selector, PacketPriority priority,
                       ApplicationId appId);

    /**
     * Cancels previous packet requests for packets matching the given
     * selector to be punted from the dataplane to the controller. If a
     * deviceId is specified then the packet request is only withdrawn from
     * the device represented by that deviceId.
     *
     * @param selector the traffic selector used to match packets
     * @param priority the priority of the rule
     * @param appId    the application ID of the requester
     * @param deviceId an optional deviceId
     */
    void cancelPackets(TrafficSelector selector, PacketPriority priority,
                       ApplicationId appId, Optional<DeviceId> deviceId);


    /**
     * Returns list of all existing requests ordered by priority.
     *
     * @return list of existing packet requests
     */
    List<PacketRequest> getRequests();

    /**
     * Emits the specified outbound packet onto the network.
     *
     * @param packet outbound packet
     */
    void emit(OutboundPacket packet);

}