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diff --git a/framework/src/onos/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/host/HostProvider.java b/framework/src/onos/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/host/HostProvider.java new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0270996b --- /dev/null +++ b/framework/src/onos/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/host/HostProvider.java @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +/* + * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory + * + * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + * You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ +package org.onosproject.net.host; + +import org.onosproject.net.Host; +import org.onosproject.net.provider.Provider; + +/** + * Provider of information about hosts and their location on the network. + */ +public interface HostProvider extends Provider { + + /** + * 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 {@link org.onosproject.net.host.HostProviderService#hostDetected} + * or {@link org.onosproject.net.host.HostProviderService#hostVanished} + * at some later point in time. + * + * @param host host to probe + */ + void triggerProbe(Host host); + +} |