com.hp.sdn.driver

Interface DeviceDriverService

All Superinterfaces:

DeviceDriverProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

DeviceDriverServiceAdapter

public interface DeviceDriverService
extends DeviceDriverProvider

Provides device driver services to external applications.

Services of this interface provide the ability to:

• lookup driver for a specific device
• determine the facets that the driver provides
• access the exposed facets

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	defaultOpenflowSwitch() Device Type Name for the default openflow switch, used when specific match not found in OF discovery.
String	defaultSwitch() Device Type Name for the default switch, used when specific match not found.
String	findTypeName(String mfg, String hw, String fw) Find the best match Device Type Name for the given device strings.

Methods inherited from interface com.hp.device.DeviceDriverProvider

create, create, create, create, create, getDeviceTypeNames, switchType

Method Detail

findTypeName

String findTypeName(String mfg,
                  String hw,
                  String fw)

Find the best match Device Type Name for the given device strings.

Parameters:

mfg - Manufacturer

hw - Hardware Model

fw - Firmware revision

Returns:

Device Type Name string for creating a DeviceHandle

defaultSwitch

String defaultSwitch()

Device Type Name for the default switch, used when specific match not found.

Returns:

device type name of the default switch

defaultOpenflowSwitch

String defaultOpenflowSwitch()

Device Type Name for the default openflow switch, used when specific match not found in OF discovery.

Returns:

device type name of the default openflow switch