com.hp.sdn.supplier

Interface SuppliersBroker<S extends Supplier,T extends SupplierService>

All Known Subinterfaces:

DeviceSuppliersBroker, LinkSuppliersBroker, NodeSuppliersBroker, TopologySuppliersBroker

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSuppliersBroker, DeviceSuppliersBrokerAdapter, LinkSuppliersBrokerAdapter, NodeSuppliersBrokerAdapter

public interface SuppliersBroker<S extends Supplier,T extends SupplierService>

Abstraction of a supplier broker, capable of tracking various suppliers.

Author:

Thomas Vachuska, Simon Hunt, Uyen Chau, Shaun Wackerly, Marjorie Krueger, Vikram Bobade, Ryan Tidwell

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<S>	getSuppliers() Returns the set of all currently registered suppliers.
T	registerSupplier(S supplier) Registers a new supplier and issues it a service interface through which the supplier can submit information.
void	unregisterSupplier(S supplier) Cancels supplier registration using the supplier id.

Method Detail

registerSupplier

T registerSupplier(S supplier)

Registers a new supplier and issues it a service interface through which the supplier can submit information.

Parameters:

supplier - supplier of network information

Returns:

issued supplier service

unregisterSupplier

void unregisterSupplier(S supplier)

Cancels supplier registration using the supplier id.

Parameters:

supplier - the supplier to be unregistered

getSuppliers

Set<S> getSuppliers()

Returns the set of all currently registered suppliers.

Returns:

set of registered suppliers