org.opendaylight.vtn.manager.internal.packet.cache

Interface CachedPacket

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable

All Known Subinterfaces:

L4Packet

All Known Implementing Classes:

EtherPacket, IcmpPacket, Inet4Packet, PortProtoPacket, TcpPacket, UdpPacket

public interface CachedPacket
extends Cloneable

CachedPacket defines interfaces that implements cache for a Packet instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CachedPacket	clone() Return a deep copy of this instance.
boolean	commit(CachedPacketContext pctx) Finalize modification to the packet.
Packet	getPacket() Return a Packet instance.

Method Detail

getPacket

Packet getPacket()

Return a Packet instance.

Note that modification to this instance is not applied to the returned packet until commit(CachedPacketContext) is called.

Returns:

A Packet instance.

commit

boolean commit(CachedPacketContext pctx)
        throws VTNException

Finalize modification to the packet.

Parameters:

pctx - The runtime context for modifying packet.

Returns:

true only if this packet is modified.

Throws:

VTNException - Failed to copy the packet.

clone

CachedPacket clone()

Return a deep copy of this instance.

Returns:

A deep copy of this instance.