+/* Flow formats. */
+bool ofputil_flow_format_is_valid(enum nx_flow_format);
+const char *ofputil_flow_format_to_string(enum nx_flow_format);
+int ofputil_flow_format_from_string(const char *);
+enum nx_flow_format ofputil_min_flow_format(const struct cls_rule *,
+ bool cookie_support,
+ ovs_be64 cookie);
+
+struct ofpbuf *ofputil_make_set_flow_format(enum nx_flow_format);
+
+/* Flow format independent flow_mod. */
+struct flow_mod {
+ struct cls_rule cr;
+ ovs_be64 cookie;
+ uint16_t command;
+ uint16_t idle_timeout;
+ uint16_t hard_timeout;
+ uint32_t buffer_id;
+ uint16_t out_port;
+ uint16_t flags;
+ union ofp_action *actions;
+ size_t n_actions;
+};
+
+int ofputil_decode_flow_mod(struct flow_mod *, const struct ofp_header *,
+ enum nx_flow_format);
+struct ofpbuf *ofputil_encode_flow_mod(const struct flow_mod *,
+ enum nx_flow_format);
+
+/* Flow stats or aggregate stats request, independent of flow format. */
+struct flow_stats_request {
+ bool aggregate; /* Aggregate results? */
+ struct cls_rule match;
+ uint16_t out_port;
+ uint8_t table_id;
+};
+
+int ofputil_decode_flow_stats_request(struct flow_stats_request *,
+ const struct ofp_header *,
+ enum nx_flow_format);
+struct ofpbuf *ofputil_encode_flow_stats_request(
+ const struct flow_stats_request *, enum nx_flow_format);
+
+/* Flow removed message, independent of flow format. */
+struct ofputil_flow_removed {
+ struct cls_rule rule;
+ ovs_be64 cookie;
+ uint8_t reason; /* One of OFPRR_*. */
+ uint32_t duration_sec;
+ uint32_t duration_nsec;
+ uint16_t idle_timeout;
+ uint64_t packet_count;
+ uint64_t byte_count;
+};
+
+int ofputil_decode_flow_removed(struct ofputil_flow_removed *,
+ const struct ofp_header *,
+ enum nx_flow_format);
+