org.onosproject.net.flowobjective

Interface FlowObjectiveService

@Beta
public interface FlowObjectiveService

Service for programming data plane flow rules in manner independent of specific device table pipeline configuration.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	allocateNextId() Obtains a globally unique next objective.
void	filter(DeviceId deviceId, FilteringObjective filteringObjective) Installs the filtering rules onto the specified device.
void	forward(DeviceId deviceId, ForwardingObjective forwardingObjective) Installs the forwarding rules onto the specified device.
void	initPolicy(String policy) Installs the filtering rules onto the specified device.
void	next(DeviceId deviceId, NextObjective nextObjective) Installs the next hop elements into the specified device.

Method Detail

filter

void filter(DeviceId deviceId,
            FilteringObjective filteringObjective)

Installs the filtering rules onto the specified device.

Parameters:

deviceId - device identifier

filteringObjective - the filtering objective

forward

void forward(DeviceId deviceId,
             ForwardingObjective forwardingObjective)

Installs the forwarding rules onto the specified device.

Parameters:

deviceId - device identifier

forwardingObjective - the forwarding objective

next

void next(DeviceId deviceId,
          NextObjective nextObjective)

Installs the next hop elements into the specified device.

Parameters:

deviceId - device identifier

nextObjective - a next objective

allocateNextId

int allocateNextId()

Obtains a globally unique next objective.

Returns:

an integer

initPolicy

void initPolicy(String policy)

Installs the filtering rules onto the specified device.

Parameters:

policy - policy expression