PortMapper

Type Parameters:

P - Port type to map generic Port to

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPortMapper, IdentityMapper, OchPortMapper, OduCltPortMapper, OmsPortMapper, OtuPortMapper
```
@Beta
public interface PortMapper<P extends org.onosproject.net.Port>
```
Abstraction of a class capable of translating generic-Port object as another domain-specific Port of type P.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Optional<P>`	`as(org.onosproject.net.Port port)`	Returns `port` mapped to `<P>`.
`boolean`	`is(org.onosproject.net.Port port)`	Returns true if this port is capable of being projected as `<P>`.

- Method Detail
  - is
```
boolean is(org.onosproject.net.Port port)
```
    Returns true if this port is capable of being projected as <P>.
    
    Parameters:
    
    port - port
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this port can be projected as the given type
  - as
```
java.util.Optional<P> as(org.onosproject.net.Port port)
```
    Returns port mapped to <P>.
    
    Parameters:
    
    port - Port to map
    
    Returns:
    
    port mapped to <P>