Accumulator (ONOS Java API (2.5.5))

Type Parameters:

T - item type

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAccumulator
```
public interface Accumulator<T>
```
Abstraction of an accumulator capable of collecting items and at some point in time triggers processing of all previously accumulated items.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`add(T item)`	Adds an item to the current batch.
`boolean`	`isReady()`	Indicates whether the accumulator is ready to process items.
`void`	`processItems(List<T> items)`	Processes the specified list of accumulated items.

- Method Detail
  - add
```
void add(T item)
```
    Adds an item to the current batch. This operation may, or may not trigger processing of the current batch of items.
    
    Parameters:
    
    item - item to be added to the current batch
  - processItems
```
void processItems(List<T> items)
```
    Processes the specified list of accumulated items.
    
    Parameters:
    
    items - list of accumulated items
  - isReady
```
boolean isReady()
```
    Indicates whether the accumulator is ready to process items.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if ready to process