initial code for the mac-learning app

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.opencord.maclearner.api;
+
+import org.onlab.packet.MacAddress;
+import org.onlab.packet.VlanId;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.PortNumber;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of a mac learner object.
+ */
+public interface MacLearner {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the device identifier.
+     *
+     * @return device id
+     */
+    DeviceId deviceId();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns from which port the mac address is learned.
+     * @return port number
+     */
+    PortNumber portNumber();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns which vlan id of the package the mac address is learned from.
+     * If packet is double tagged, vlan id is equal to QinQVID.
+     * @return vlan id
+     */
+    VlanId vlanId();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns Mac Address information.
+     * @return mac address
+     */
+    MacAddress macAddress();
+
+}