Package org.opendaylight.openflowjava.protocol.api.extensibility

Interface SerializerExtensionProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

SwitchConnectionProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

SwitchConnectionProviderImpl

public interface SerializerExtensionProvider

Provides methods for serialization part of extensibility. In case of handling multiple structures of same type (actions, instructions, match entries, ... ) which are differentiated by vendor / experimenter subtype, vendor has to switch / choose between these subtypes.

This has to be done in this way because of unknown augmentations - that's why vendor has to handle it in his own implementations.

Author:

michal.polkorab

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	registerActionSerializer(ActionSerializerKey<?> key, OFGeneralSerializer serializer)	Registers an action serializer.
void	registerExperimenterMessageSerializer(ExperimenterIdSerializerKey<? extends ExperimenterDataOfChoice> key, OFSerializer<? extends ExperimenterDataOfChoice> serializer)	Registers an experimenter (vendor) message serializer.
void	registerInstructionSerializer(InstructionSerializerKey<?> key, OFGeneralSerializer serializer)	Registers an instruction serializer.
<C extends OxmClassBase,F extends MatchField> void	registerMatchEntrySerializer(MatchEntrySerializerKey<C,F> key, OFGeneralSerializer serializer)	Registers a match entry serializer.
void	registerMeterBandSerializer(ExperimenterIdMeterSubTypeSerializerKey<MeterBandExperimenterCase> key, OFSerializer<MeterBandExperimenterCase> serializer)	Registers a meter band serializer (used in meter-mod messages).
void	registerMeterBandSerializer(ExperimenterIdSerializerKey<MeterBandExperimenterCase> key, OFSerializer<MeterBandExperimenterCase> serializer)	Deprecated. Since we use ExperimenterIdMeterSubTypeSerializerKey as MeterBandSerializer's key, in order to avoid the occurrence of an error,we should discard this function
void	registerMultipartRequestSerializer(ExperimenterIdSerializerKey<? extends ExperimenterDataOfChoice> key, OFSerializer<? extends ExperimenterDataOfChoice> serializer)	Registers a multipart-request (stats-request) serializer.
void	registerMultipartRequestTFSerializer(ExperimenterIdSerializerKey<TableFeatureProperties> key, OFGeneralSerializer serializer)	Registers a multipart-request table-features serializer.
<K> void	registerSerializer(MessageTypeKey<K> key, OFGeneralSerializer serializer)	Registers a custom serializer.
boolean	unregisterSerializer(ExperimenterSerializerKey key)	Unregisters a custom serializer.

Method Detail

registerSerializer

<K> void registerSerializer(MessageTypeKey<K> key,
                            OFGeneralSerializer serializer)

Registers a custom serializer.

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

If the serializer implements SerializerRegistryInjector interface, the serializer is injected with SerializerRegistry instance.

Type Parameters:

K - serializer key type

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

serializer - serializer implementation

unregisterSerializer

boolean unregisterSerializer(ExperimenterSerializerKey key)

Unregisters a custom serializer.

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

Returns:

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

registerActionSerializer

void registerActionSerializer(ActionSerializerKey<?> key,
                              OFGeneralSerializer serializer)

Registers an action serializer.

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

serializer - serializer implementation

registerInstructionSerializer

void registerInstructionSerializer(InstructionSerializerKey<?> key,
                                   OFGeneralSerializer serializer)

Registers an instruction serializer.

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

serializer - serializer implementation

registerMatchEntrySerializer

<C extends OxmClassBase,F extends MatchField> void registerMatchEntrySerializer(MatchEntrySerializerKey<C,F> key,
                                                                                      OFGeneralSerializer serializer)

Registers a match entry serializer.

Type Parameters:

C - oxm type

F - match field type

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

serializer - serializer implementation

registerExperimenterMessageSerializer

void registerExperimenterMessageSerializer(ExperimenterIdSerializerKey<? extends ExperimenterDataOfChoice> key,
                                           OFSerializer<? extends ExperimenterDataOfChoice> serializer)

Registers an experimenter (vendor) message serializer.

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

serializer - serializer implementation

registerMultipartRequestSerializer

void registerMultipartRequestSerializer(ExperimenterIdSerializerKey<? extends ExperimenterDataOfChoice> key,
                                        OFSerializer<? extends ExperimenterDataOfChoice> serializer)

Registers a multipart-request (stats-request) serializer.

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

serializer - serializer implementation

registerMultipartRequestTFSerializer

void registerMultipartRequestTFSerializer(ExperimenterIdSerializerKey<TableFeatureProperties> key,
                                          OFGeneralSerializer serializer)

Registers a multipart-request table-features serializer.

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

serializer - serializer implementation

registerMeterBandSerializer

@Deprecated
void registerMeterBandSerializer(ExperimenterIdSerializerKey<MeterBandExperimenterCase> key,
                                 OFSerializer<MeterBandExperimenterCase> serializer)

Deprecated.

Since we use ExperimenterIdMeterSubTypeSerializerKey as MeterBandSerializer's key, in order to avoid the occurrence of an error,we should discard this function

Registers a meter band serializer (used in meter-mod messages).

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

serializer - serializer implementation

registerMeterBandSerializer

void registerMeterBandSerializer(ExperimenterIdMeterSubTypeSerializerKey<MeterBandExperimenterCase> key,
                                 OFSerializer<MeterBandExperimenterCase> serializer)

Registers a meter band serializer (used in meter-mod messages).

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

serializer - serializer implementation