org.onosproject.net.packet

Interface PacketStore

All Superinterfaces:

Store<PacketEvent,PacketStoreDelegate>

public interface PacketStore
extends Store<PacketEvent,PacketStoreDelegate>

Manages routing of outbound packets.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	emit(OutboundPacket packet) Decides which instance should emit the packet and forwards the packet to that instance.
Set<PacketRequest>	existingRequests() Obtains all existing requests in the system.
boolean	requestPackets(PacketRequest request) Register a request for packets.

Methods inherited from interface org.onosproject.store.Store

hasDelegate, setDelegate, unsetDelegate

Method Detail

emit

void emit(OutboundPacket packet)

Decides which instance should emit the packet and forwards the packet to that instance. The relevant PacketManager is notified via the PacketStoreDelegate that it should emit the packet.

Parameters:

packet - the packet to emit

requestPackets

boolean requestPackets(PacketRequest request)

Register a request for packets. If the registration is successful the manager can proceed, otherwise it should consider these packet already available in the system.

Parameters:

request - a packet request

Returns:

a boolean indicating registration state.

existingRequests

Set<PacketRequest> existingRequests()

Obtains all existing requests in the system.

Returns:

a set of packet requests