org.opendaylight.openflowjava.protocol.api.extensibility

Interface DeserializerRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

DeserializerRegistryImpl

public interface DeserializerRegistry

Registry for deserializers.

Author:

michal.polkorab

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends OFGeneralDeserializer> T	getDeserializer(MessageCodeKey key) Gets the deserializer for the given key.
void	init() Initializes deserializers.
void	registerDeserializer(MessageCodeKey key, OFGeneralDeserializer deserializer) Registers a deserializer.
boolean	unregisterDeserializer(MessageCodeKey key) Unregisters a deserializer.

Method Detail

init

void init()

Initializes deserializers.

getDeserializer

<T extends OFGeneralDeserializer> T getDeserializer(MessageCodeKey key)

Gets the deserializer for the given key.

Type Parameters:

T - type of particular deserializer

Parameters:

key - used for deserializer lookup

Returns:

deserializer found

registerDeserializer

void registerDeserializer(MessageCodeKey key,
                          OFGeneralDeserializer deserializer)

Registers a deserializer. Throws IllegalStateException when there is a deserializer already registered under given key.

If the deserializer implements DeserializerRegistryInjector interface, the deserializer is injected with DeserializerRegistry instance.

Parameters:

key - used for deserializer lookup

deserializer - deserializer instance

unregisterDeserializer

boolean unregisterDeserializer(MessageCodeKey key)

Unregisters a deserializer.

Parameters:

key - used for deserializer lookup

Returns:

true if deserializer was removed, false if no deserializer was found under specified key