Package org.onosproject.net.host

Interface HostProbingProviderService

All Superinterfaces:

ProviderService<HostProbingProvider>

public interface HostProbingProviderService
extends ProviderService<HostProbingProvider>

Means of conveying host probing information to the core.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
MacAddress	addProbingHost(Host host, ConnectPoint connectPoint, ProbeMode probeMode, MacAddress probeMac, int retry)	Notifies HostProbeStore the beginning of pending host location verification and retrieves the unique MAC address for the probe.
void	removeProbingHost(MacAddress probeMac)	Notifies HostProbeStore the end of pending host location verification.

Methods inherited from interface org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderService

provider

Method Detail

addProbingHost

MacAddress addProbingHost(Host host,
                          ConnectPoint connectPoint,
                          ProbeMode probeMode,
                          MacAddress probeMac,
                          int retry)

Notifies HostProbeStore the beginning of pending host location verification and retrieves the unique MAC address for the probe.

Parameters:

host - host to be probed

connectPoint - the connect point that is under verification

probeMode - probe mode

probeMac - probeMac if this is a retry. Null if this is the very first probe and the probeMac is to-be-generated

retry - max retry times

Returns:

probeMac, the source MAC address ONOS uses to probe the host

removeProbingHost

void removeProbingHost(MacAddress probeMac)

Notifies HostProbeStore the end of pending host location verification.

Parameters:

probeMac - the source MAC address ONOS uses to probe the host