com.hp.of.ctl.pipeline

Interface TableContext

public interface TableContext

Encapsulates table properties and associated capabilities.

The capabilities can be categorized as follows :
1. capabilities : All the supported basic capabilities.
2. match capabilities : All the supported capabilities involving matchfield.
3. match fields : All the supported match fields along with mask.

Author:

Pramod Shanbhag

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	containsNextTable(TableId id) Returns true if the given table is present in next tables set.
boolean	containsNextTableMiss(TableId id) Returns true if the given table is present in next tables miss set.
TableId	getNextTableMiss() Returns the table Id of the next supported table in the pipeline for a table miss rule.
boolean	hasNextTablesMiss() Returns true if the context supports next table in the pipeline for a table miss rule.
long	maxEntries() Returns the max entries supported by the table.
boolean	supportsCapability(TableFeaturePropType prop, OfpCodeBasedEnum code) Returns true if the context supports given capability-code combination.
boolean	supportsMatchField(MatchField mf) Returns true if the context supports given match field.
boolean	supportsMatchFieldCapability(TableFeaturePropType prop, OxmFieldType code) Returns true if the context supports given match capability-code combination.
boolean	supportsWildCards(Set<OxmFieldType> fmmf) Returns true if the context supports wild carding all of the given match field types.
TableId	tableId() Returns the table ID.

Method Detail

tableId

TableId tableId()

Returns the table ID.

Returns:

the table ID

getNextTableMiss

TableId getNextTableMiss()

Returns the table Id of the next supported table in the pipeline for a table miss rule.

Returns:

the the next table Id for a table miss rule.

hasNextTablesMiss

boolean hasNextTablesMiss()

Returns true if the context supports next table in the pipeline for a table miss rule.

Returns:

true if the context supports next table for table miss rule.

containsNextTable

boolean containsNextTable(TableId id)

Returns true if the given table is present in next tables set.

Parameters:

id - the table Id

Returns:

true if the given Id is present in next table set

containsNextTableMiss

boolean containsNextTableMiss(TableId id)

Returns true if the given table is present in next tables miss set.

Parameters:

id - the table Id

Returns:

true if the given Id is present in next table miss set

maxEntries

long maxEntries()

Returns the max entries supported by the table.

Returns:

the max supported entries.

supportsCapability

boolean supportsCapability(TableFeaturePropType prop,
                           OfpCodeBasedEnum code)

Returns true if the context supports given capability-code combination.

Parameters:

prop - the given table feature prop type

code - the given capability code

Returns:

true if the context supports given capability-code combination.

supportsMatchFieldCapability

boolean supportsMatchFieldCapability(TableFeaturePropType prop,
                                     OxmFieldType code)

Returns true if the context supports given match capability-code combination.

Parameters:

prop - the given table feature prop type

code - the given capability code

Returns:

true if the context supports given match capability-code combination.

supportsMatchField

boolean supportsMatchField(MatchField mf)

Returns true if the context supports given match field. The method also validates the support for masking if the given match field has mask bit set.

Parameters:

mf - the match field

Returns:

true if the context supports given match field

supportsWildCards

boolean supportsWildCards(Set<OxmFieldType> fmmf)

Returns true if the context supports wild carding all of the given match field types.

Parameters:

fmmf - set of match field types

Returns:

true if the context supports wild carding all of the given match field types