Message-based API

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Bugzilla Bug ID: 90

Date: 2016-07-05 07:58:42 +0200
From: Ivan Koveshnikov <[email protected]>
To: Sorin Vultureanu <[email protected]>

Last updated: 2016-07-05 07:58:42 +0200

Bugzilla Comment ID: 173

Date: 2016-07-05 07:58:42 +0200
From: Ivan Koveshnikov <[email protected]>

Feature request.

Message based API can be used for controlling OFP behavior from 3d-party applications.
Such message-based API contains two parts:

• OFP-side library, which listens for serialized applications requests and translates them into API calls. should be linked with OFP application (e.g. fpm)
• Control application side library. Control application can use OFP API, but instead of direct function call request should be serialized and sent out to OFP. Should be linked up with control application

This feature is platform independent and very generic.

Use case: 3d party CLI application which controls both Data Plane and Control Plane. Common in network equipment