net.onrc.openvirtex.elements.datapath

Interface FlowTable

All Known Implementing Classes:

OVXFlowTable

public interface FlowTable

Base interface for the flow table.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	addFlowMod(OVXFlowMod flowmod, long cookie) Add a FlowMod to this table with given cookie.
OVXFlowMod	deleteFlowMod(Long cookie) Remove a FlowMod from this table.
OVXFlowMod	getFlowMod(Long cookie) Fetches FlowMod out of this Flow Table based on cookie.
Collection<OVXFlowMod>	getFlowTable()
boolean	handleFlowMods(OVXFlowMod fm) Handles FlowMods.
boolean	hasFlowMod(long cookie) Checks if a FlowMod with given cookie exists in the FlowTable.

Method Detail

handleFlowMods

boolean handleFlowMods(OVXFlowMod fm)

Handles FlowMods.

Parameters:

fm - The FlowMod to process.

Returns:

true if processing occurred correctly

getFlowMod

OVXFlowMod getFlowMod(Long cookie)
                      throws MappingException

Fetches FlowMod out of this Flow Table based on cookie.

Parameters:

cookie - the cookie

Returns:

the FlowMod

Throws:

MappingException

hasFlowMod

boolean hasFlowMod(long cookie)

Checks if a FlowMod with given cookie exists in the FlowTable.

Parameters:

cookie - the cookie

Returns:

true if FlowMod exists

deleteFlowMod

OVXFlowMod deleteFlowMod(Long cookie)

Remove a FlowMod from this table. Assumes a caller who uses this method directly knows what they are doing, since they are modifying the FlowTable by hand.

Parameters:

cookie - the cookie value of the FlowMod to delete.

Returns:

The FlowMod that was removed.

addFlowMod

long addFlowMod(OVXFlowMod flowmod,
              long cookie)

Add a FlowMod to this table with given cookie. The caller is assumed to know what they are doing, since they will modify the FlowTable directly.

Parameters:

flowmod - the flow mod

cookie - the cookie

Returns:

the cookie value

getFlowTable

Collection<OVXFlowMod> getFlowTable()

Returns:

The contents of this flow table.