org.onosproject.net.packet

Interface PacketService

public interface PacketService

Service for intercepting data plane packets and for emitting synthetic outbound packets.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addProcessor(PacketProcessor processor, int priority) Adds the specified processor to the list of packet processors.
void	emit(OutboundPacket packet) Emits the specified outbound packet onto the network.
void	removeProcessor(PacketProcessor processor) Removes the specified processor from the processing pipeline.

Method Detail

addProcessor

void addProcessor(PacketProcessor processor,
                  int priority)

Adds the specified processor to the list of packet processors. It will be added into the list in the order of priority. The higher numbers will be processing the packets after the lower numbers.

Parameters:

processor - processor to be added

priority - priority in the reverse natural order

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if a processor with the given priority already exists

removeProcessor

void removeProcessor(PacketProcessor processor)

Removes the specified processor from the processing pipeline.

Parameters:

processor - packet processor

emit

void emit(OutboundPacket packet)

Emits the specified outbound packet onto the network.

Parameters:

packet - outbound packet