core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/topology/Topology.java

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package org.onosproject.net.topology;

import org.onosproject.net.Provided;

/**
 * Represents a network topology computation snapshot.
 */
public interface Topology extends Provided {

    /**
     * Returns the time, specified in system nanos of when the topology became
     * available.
     *
     * @return time in system nanos
     */
    long time();

    /**
     * Returns the time, specified in system millis of when the topology became
     * available.
     *
     * @return time in system nanos
     */
    long creationTime();

    /**
     * Returns the time, specified in system nanos of how long the topology took
     * to compute.
     *
     * @return elapsed time in system nanos
     */
    long computeCost();

    /**
     * Returns the number of SCCs (strongly connected components) in the
     * topology.
     *
     * @return number of clusters
     */
    int clusterCount();

    /**
     * Returns the number of infrastructure devices in the topology.
     *
     * @return number of devices
     */
    int deviceCount();

    /**
     * Returns the number of infrastructure links in the topology.
     *
     * @return number of links
     */
    int linkCount();

}