Small refactoring to support new packet-out API
Change-Id: I33094045b074fc00352ec1ba62e18e690dc3f3ad
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/core/packetservice/PacketOutNotification.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/core/packetservice/PacketOutNotification.java
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+package net.onrc.onos.core.packetservice;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * A PacketOutNotification contains data sent between ONOS instances that
+ * directs other instances to send a packet out a set of ports. This is an
+ * abstract base class that will be subclassed by specific types of
+ * notifications.
+ */
+public abstract class PacketOutNotification implements Serializable {
+
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+ private final byte[] packet;
+
+ /**
+ * Class constructor.
+ *
+ * @param packet the packet data to send in the packet-out
+ */
+ public PacketOutNotification() {
+ packet = null;
+ }
+
+ public PacketOutNotification(byte[] packet) {
+ this.packet = Arrays.copyOf(packet, packet.length);
+ }
+
+ public byte[] getPacketData() {
+ return Arrays.copyOf(packet, packet.length);
+ }
+}