core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/Path.java

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package org.onosproject.net;

import org.onlab.graph.Weight;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Representation of a contiguous directed path in a network. Path comprises
 * of a sequence of links, where adjacent links must share the same device,
 * meaning that destination of the source of one link must coincide with the
 * destination of the previous link. Path weight (cost) is an aggregation
 * of the weights of the links the path consists of.
 */
public interface Path extends Link {

    /**
     * Returns sequence of links comprising the path.
     *
     * @return list of links
     */
    List<Link> links();

    /**
     * Returns the path cost as a unit-less value.
     *
     * @return unit-less path cost
     *
     * @deprecated in Junco (1.9.0), use weight() instead
     */
    @Deprecated
    double cost();

    /**
     * Returns the path cost as an weight instance.
     *
     * @return weight path cost
     */
    Weight weight();

}