com.hp.sdn.node

Interface NodeSupplierService

All Superinterfaces:

SupplierService

All Known Implementing Classes:

NodeSupplierServiceAdapter

public interface NodeSupplierService
extends SupplierService

Provides write access to node-related information in the network model. For read access, see NodeService.

Author:

Shaun Wackerly, Vikram Bobade

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Node	createOrUpdateNode(NodeId id, NodeInfo info) Creates a new node or updates an existing node with the given node-related information.
Node	removeNode(NodeId id) Removes a specific node from the data store.
Iterator<Node>	removeNodes(NodeFilter filter) Removes all nodes matching the given filter from the data store.

Method Detail

createOrUpdateNode

Node createOrUpdateNode(NodeId id,
                      NodeInfo info)

Creates a new node or updates an existing node with the given node-related information. Any specified information will overwrite existing information. Any information left unspecified will not overwrite what already exists.

Parameters:

id - the identifier for the node to create/update

info - node-related information to overwrite

Returns:

the created or updated node, or null if node creation failed

removeNode

Node removeNode(NodeId id)

Removes a specific node from the data store.

Parameters:

id - the identifier for the node to remove

Returns:

the removed node

Throws:

NotFoundException - if node does not already exist

removeNodes

Iterator<Node> removeNodes(NodeFilter filter)

Removes all nodes matching the given filter from the data store.

Parameters:

filter - the filter to match against

Returns:

an iterator over the set of removed nodes