apps/castor/src/main/java/org/onosproject/castor/ArpService.java

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package org.onosproject.castor;

import org.onosproject.net.packet.PacketContext;

/**
 * Interface for processing and handling ARP related events.
 */
public interface ArpService {

    /**
     * Creates an ARP packet to probe for the peer's mac address.
     *
     * @param peer A Peer
     */
    void createArp(Peer peer);

    /**
     * Handles the ARP packet in.
     *
     * @param context packet context to handle
     * @return true if handled
     */
    boolean handlePacket(PacketContext context);
}