/*
* Copyright (c) 2011,2013 Big Switch Networks, Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 (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.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* 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.
*
* This file incorporates work covered by the following copyright and
* permission notice:
*
* Originally created by David Erickson & Rob Sherwood, Stanford University
*
* 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.openflow.protocol.vendor;
import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
/**
* The base class for all vendor data.
*
* @author Rob Vaterlaus (rob.vaterlaus@bigswitch.com)
*/
public interface OFVendorData {
/**
* @return length of the data
*/
public int getLength();
/**
* Read the vendor data from the specified ChannelBuffer
* @param data
*/
public void readFrom(ChannelBuffer data, int length);
/**
* Write the vendor data to the specified ChannelBuffer
* @param data
*/
public void writeTo(ChannelBuffer data);
}