org.opendaylight.openflowjava.protocol.api.extensibility

Interface SerializerRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

SerializerRegistryImpl

public interface SerializerRegistry

Stores and handles serializers.
K - MessageTypeKey parameter type,
S - returned serializer type

Author:

michal.polkorab

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<K,S extends OFGeneralSerializer> S	getSerializer(MessageTypeKey<K> msgTypeKey) Gets the serializer for the given type.
void	init() Serializer registry provisioning.
<K> void	registerSerializer(MessageTypeKey<K> key, OFGeneralSerializer serializer) Registers a serializer.
<K> boolean	unregisterSerializer(MessageTypeKey<K> key) Unregisters a serializer.

Method Detail

init

void init()

Serializer registry provisioning.

getSerializer

<K,S extends OFGeneralSerializer> S getSerializer(MessageTypeKey<K> msgTypeKey)

Gets the serializer for the given type.

Type Parameters:

K - input key type

S - type of resulting serializer

Parameters:

msgTypeKey - lookup key

Returns:

serializer or NullPointerException if no serializer was found

registerSerializer

<K> void registerSerializer(MessageTypeKey<K> key,
                            OFGeneralSerializer serializer)

Registers a serializer. Throws IllegalStateException when there is a serializer already registered under given key. If the serializer implements SerializerRegistryInjector interface, the serializer is injected with SerializerRegistry instance.

Type Parameters:

K - serializer key type

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

serializer - serializer implementation

unregisterSerializer

<K> boolean unregisterSerializer(MessageTypeKey<K> key)

Unregisters a serializer.

Type Parameters:

K - serializer key type

Parameters:

key - used for serializer lookup

Returns:

true if serializer was removed, false if no serializer was found under specified key