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* Originally created by David Erickson, Stanford University
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package org.sdnplatform.devicemanager;
import java.util.Date;
/**
* Represents an independent device on the network. A device consists of a
* set of entities, and all the information known about a given device comes
* only from merging all associated entities for that device.
* @author readams
*/
public interface IDevice {
/**
* Get the primary key for this device.
* @return the primary key
*/
public Long getDeviceKey();
/**
* Get the MAC address of the device as a Long value.
* @return the MAC address for the device
*/
public long getMACAddress();
/**
* Get the MAC address of the device as a String value.
* @return the MAC address for the device
*/
public String getMACAddressString();
/**
* Get all unique VLAN IDs for the device. If the device has untagged
* entities, then the value -1 will be returned.
* @return an array containing all unique VLAN IDs for the device.
*/
public Short[] getVlanId();
/**
* Get all unique IPv4 addresses associated with the device.
* @return an array containing the unique IPv4 addresses for the device.
*/
public Integer[] getIPv4Addresses();
/**
* Get all unique attachment points associated with the device. This will
* not include any blocked attachment points.
* @return an array containing all unique attachment points for the device
*/
public SwitchPort[] getAttachmentPoints();
/**
* Get all unique attachment points associated with the device.
* @param includeError whether to include blocked attachment points.
* Blocked attachment points should not be used for forwarding, but
* could be useful to show to a user
* @return an array containing all unique attachment points for the device
*/
public SwitchPort[] getAttachmentPoints(boolean includeError);
/**
* Returns all unique VLAN IDs for the device that were observed on
* the given switch port
* @param swp the switch port to query
* @return an array containing the unique VLAN IDs
*/
public Short[] getSwitchPortVlanIds(SwitchPort swp);
/**
* Get the most recent timestamp for this device
* @return the last seen timestamp
*/
public Date getLastSeen();
/**
* Get the entity class for the device.
* @return the entity class
* @see IEntityClassifierService
*/
public IEntityClass getEntityClass();
}