core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/device/DeviceProviderService.java

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package org.onlab.onos.net.device;

import org.onlab.onos.net.DeviceId;
import org.onlab.onos.net.MastershipRole;
import org.onlab.onos.net.provider.ProviderService;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Service through which device providers can inject device information into
 * the core.
 */
public interface DeviceProviderService extends ProviderService<DeviceProvider> {

    // TODO: define suspend and remove actions on the mezzanine administrative API

    /**
     * Signals the core that a device has connected or has been detected somehow.
     *
     * @param deviceDescription information about network device
     */
    void deviceConnected(DeviceId deviceId, DeviceDescription deviceDescription);

    /**
     * Signals the core that a device has disconnected or is no longer reachable.
     *
     * @param deviceId identity of the device to be removed
     */
    void deviceDisconnected(DeviceId deviceId);

    /**
     * Sends information about all ports of a device. It is up to the core to
     * determine what has changed.
     *
     * @param deviceId         identity of the device
     * @param portDescriptions list of device ports
     */
    void updatePorts(DeviceId deviceId, List<PortDescription> portDescriptions);

    /**
     * Used to notify the core about port status change of a single port.
     *
     * @param deviceId        identity of the device
     * @param portDescription description of the port that changed
     */
    void portStatusChanged(DeviceId deviceId, PortDescription portDescription);

    /**
     * Notifies the core about the providers inability to assert the specified
     * mastership role on the device.
     *
     * @param deviceId identity of the device
     * @param role mastership role that was asserted but failed
     */
    void unableToAssertRole(DeviceId deviceId, MastershipRole role);

}