| /** |
| * Copyright (c) 2008 The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior |
| * University |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may |
| * not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain |
| * a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT |
| * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the |
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| **/ |
| |
| package org.openflow.protocol.factory; |
| |
| import java.util.List; |
| |
| import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer; |
| import org.openflow.protocol.action.OFAction; |
| import org.openflow.protocol.action.OFActionType; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * The interface to factories used for retrieving OFAction instances. All |
| * methods are expected to be thread-safe. |
| * @author David Erickson (daviderickson@cs.stanford.edu) |
| */ |
| public interface OFActionFactory { |
| /** |
| * Retrieves an OFAction instance corresponding to the specified |
| * OFActionType |
| * @param t the type of the OFAction to be retrieved |
| * @return an OFAction instance |
| */ |
| public OFAction getAction(OFActionType t); |
| |
| /** |
| * Attempts to parse and return all OFActions contained in the given |
| * ByteBuffer, beginning at the ByteBuffer's position, and ending at |
| * position+length. |
| * @param data the ChannelBuffer to parse for OpenFlow actions |
| * @param length the number of Bytes to examine for OpenFlow actions |
| * @return a list of OFAction instances |
| */ |
| public List<OFAction> parseActions(ChannelBuffer data, int length); |
| |
| /** |
| * Attempts to parse and return all OFActions contained in the given |
| * ByteBuffer, beginning at the ByteBuffer's position, and ending at |
| * position+length. |
| * @param data the ChannelBuffer to parse for OpenFlow actions |
| * @param length the number of Bytes to examine for OpenFlow actions |
| * @param limit the maximum number of messages to return, 0 means no limit |
| * @return a list of OFAction instances |
| */ |
| public List<OFAction> parseActions(ChannelBuffer data, int length, int limit); |
| } |