GroupProviderService (ONOS Java API (2.5.0))

All Superinterfaces:

ProviderService<GroupProvider>
```
public interface GroupProviderService
extends ProviderService<GroupProvider>
```
Service through which Group providers can inject information into the core.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`groupOperationFailed(DeviceId deviceId, GroupOperation operation)`	Notifies core if any failure from data plane during group operations.
`void`	`notifyOfFailovers(Collection<Group> failoverGroups)`	Notifies store of group failovers.
`void`	`pushGroupMetrics(DeviceId deviceId, Collection<Group> groupEntries)`	Pushes the collection of group detected in the data plane along with statistics.

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

- Method Detail
  - groupOperationFailed
```
void groupOperationFailed(DeviceId deviceId,
                          GroupOperation operation)
```
    Notifies core if any failure from data plane during group operations.
    
    Parameters:
    
    deviceId - the device ID
    
    operation - offended group operation
  - pushGroupMetrics
```
void pushGroupMetrics(DeviceId deviceId,
                      Collection<Group> groupEntries)
```
    Pushes the collection of group detected in the data plane along with statistics.
    
    Parameters:
    
    deviceId - device identifier
    
    groupEntries - collection of group entries as seen in data plane
  - notifyOfFailovers
```
void notifyOfFailovers(Collection<Group> failoverGroups)
```
    Notifies store of group failovers.
    
    Parameters:
    
    failoverGroups - failover groups in which a failover has occurred