HostProvider (ONOS Java API (2.6.0))

All Superinterfaces:

Provider
```
public interface HostProvider
extends Provider
```
Provider of information about hosts and their location on the network.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`triggerProbe(Host host)`	Triggers an asynchronous probe of the specified host, intended to determine whether the host is present or not.

Methods inherited from interface org.onosproject.net.provider.Provider
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- Method Detail
  - triggerProbe
```
void triggerProbe(Host host)
```
    Triggers an asynchronous probe of the specified host, intended to determine whether the host is present or not. An indirect result of this should be invocation of HostProviderService.hostDetected(org.onosproject.net.HostId, org.onosproject.net.host.HostDescription, boolean) or HostProviderService.hostVanished(org.onosproject.net.HostId) at some later point in time.
    
    Parameters:
    
    host - host to probe