AclService.java

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 * Originally created by Pengfei Lu, Network and Cloud Computing Laboratory, Dalian University of Technology, China
 * Advisers: Keqiu Li, Heng Qi and Haisheng Yu
 * This work is supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China(Grant No. 61432002)
 * and Prospective Research Project on Future Networks in Jiangsu Future Networks Innovation Institute.
 */
package org.onosproject.acl;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Service interface exported by ACL application.
 */
public interface AclService {

    /**
     * Gets a list containing all ACL rules.
     *
     * @return a list containing all ACL rules
     */
    List<AclRule> getAclRules();

    /**
     * Adds a new ACL rule.
     *
     * @param rule ACL rule
     * @return true if successfully added, otherwise false
     */
    boolean addAclRule(AclRule rule);

    /**
     * Removes an exsiting ACL rule by rule id.
     *
     * @param ruleId ACL rule identifier
     */
    void removeAclRule(RuleId ruleId);

    /**
     * Clears ACL and resets all.
     */
    void clearAcl();

}