/**
* Function called by the dependency manager before the services exported by the component are
* unregistered, this will be followed by a "destroy ()" calls
*/
public void stop() {
for (Iterator<Entry<Long, ISwitch>> it = switches.entrySet().iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
Entry<Long, ISwitch> entry = it.next();
((SwitchHandler) entry.getValue()).stop();
it.remove();
}
switchEventThread.interrupt();
try {
controllerIO.shutDown();
} catch (IOException ex) {
logger.error("Caught exception while stopping:", ex);
}
}
/**
* Function called by dependency manager after "init ()" is called and after the services provided
* by the class are registered in the service registry
*/
public void start() {
logger.debug("Starting!");
/*
* start a thread to handle event coming from the switch
*/
switchEventThread = new Thread(new EventHandler(), "SwitchEvent Thread");
switchEventThread.start();
// spawn a thread to start to listen on the open flow port
controllerIO = new ControllerIO(this);
try {
controllerIO.start();
} catch (IOException ex) {
logger.error("Caught exception while starting:", ex);
}
}