etri.sdn.controller

Class OFMFilter

java.lang.Object

etri.sdn.controller.OFMFilter

public abstract class OFMFilter
extends java.lang.Object

This class is to filer OFMessage objects coming from the connections to switches with given condition. you can find the example usage of this class in OFMLinkDiscovery.initialize() method. This class is normally used as a second parameter to OFModule.registerFilter(org.openflow.protocol.interfaces.OFMessageType, OFMFilter).

Author:

bjlee

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OFMFilter()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract boolean	filter(org.openflow.protocol.OFMessage m) OFMFilter method to override to define a message filter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OFMFilter

public OFMFilter()

Method Detail

filter

public abstract boolean filter(org.openflow.protocol.OFMessage m)

OFMFilter method to override to define a message filter. If a filter is not given by a module, that module does not accept any messages.

Parameters:

m - message to accept

Returns:

returns true to accept the message, or returns false