NetworkDiagnosticService.java

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package org.onosproject.fnl.intf;

import org.onosproject.fnl.intf.NetworkDiagnostic.Type;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Network Troubleshooting Core Service.
 */
public interface NetworkDiagnosticService {

    /**
     * Checks for and returns all registered kinds of network anomalies.
     * An empty set is returned if there are no anomalies found.
     *
     * @return all discovered anomalies; may be empty
     */
    Set<NetworkAnomaly> findAnomalies();

    /**
     * Checks for and returns the specific kind of network anomalies.
     * <p>
     * An empty set is returned if there is no anomaly of specific type,
     * or there is no diagnostic of specific type.
     *
     * @return the specific kind of anomalies; may be empty
     */

    /**
     * Checks for and returns the specific type of network anomalies.
     * <p>
     * An empty set is returned if there is no anomaly of specific type,
     * or there is no diagnostic of specific type.
     *
     * @param type the type of network anomalies
     * @return the specific kind of anomalies; may be empty
     */
    Set<NetworkAnomaly> findAnomalies(Type type);

    /**
     * Registers the specified diagnostic module with the service.
     *
     * Each diagnostic type can have only one module,
     * and previous one will be removed.
     *
     * @param diagnostic an instance of class implemented NetworkDiagnostic
     */
    void register(NetworkDiagnostic diagnostic);

    /**
     * Unregisters the specified diagnostic module form the service.
     *
     * @param diagnostic diagnostic module to be removed
     * @return true if the module existed before and has been removed
     *         successfully; false otherwise
     */
    boolean unregister(NetworkDiagnostic diagnostic);
}