HostProbingProviderService

All Superinterfaces:

ProviderService<HostProbingProvider>
```
public interface HostProbingProviderService
extends ProviderService<HostProbingProvider>
```
Means of conveying host probing information to the core.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`org.onlab.packet.MacAddress`	`addProbingHost(Host host, ConnectPoint connectPoint, ProbeMode probeMode, org.onlab.packet.MacAddress probeMac, int retry)`	Notifies HostProbeStore the beginning of pending host location verification and retrieves the unique MAC address for the probe.
`void`	`removeProbingHost(org.onlab.packet.MacAddress probeMac)`	Notifies HostProbeStore the end of pending host location verification.

Methods inherited from interface org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderService
provider

- Method Detail
  - addProbingHost
```
org.onlab.packet.MacAddress addProbingHost(Host host,
                                           ConnectPoint connectPoint,
                                           ProbeMode probeMode,
                                           org.onlab.packet.MacAddress probeMac,
                                           int retry)
```
    Notifies HostProbeStore the beginning of pending host location verification and retrieves the unique MAC address for the probe.
    
    Parameters:
    
    host - host to be probed
    
    connectPoint - the connect point that is under verification
    
    probeMode - probe mode
    
    probeMac - probeMac if this is a retry. Null if this is the very first probe and the probeMac is to-be-generated
    
    retry - max retry times
    
    Returns:
    
    probeMac, the source MAC address ONOS uses to probe the host
  - removeProbingHost
```
void removeProbingHost(org.onlab.packet.MacAddress probeMac)
```
    Notifies HostProbeStore the end of pending host location verification.
    
    Parameters:
    
    probeMac - the source MAC address ONOS uses to probe the host