Adding javadocs for ProviderId changes.

@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import static com.google.common.base.MoreObjects.toStringHelper;
 
 /**
- * Notion of provider identity.
+ * External identity of a {@link org.onlab.onos.net.provider.Provider} family.
+ * It also carriers two designations of external characteristics, the URI
+ * scheme and primary/ancillary indicator.
+ * <p/>
+ * The device URI scheme is used to determine applicability of a provider to
+ * operations on a specific device. The ancillary indicator serves to designate
+ * a provider as a primary or ancillary.
+ *
+ * A {@link org.onlab.onos.net.provider.ProviderRegistry} uses this designation
+ * to permit only one primary provider per device URI scheme. Multiple
+ * ancillary providers can register with the same device URI scheme however.
  */
 public class ProviderId {
 
@@ -14,7 +24,7 @@ public class ProviderId {
     private final boolean ancillary;
 
     /**
-     * Creates a new provider identifier from the specified string.
+     * Creates a new primary provider identifier from the specified string.
      * The providers are expected to follow the reverse DNS convention, e.g.
      * {@code org.onlab.onos.provider.of.device}
      *
@@ -50,21 +60,21 @@ public class ProviderId {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Indicates whether the provider id belongs to an ancillary provider.
+     * Returns the device URI scheme specific id portion.
      *
-     * @return true for ancillary; false for primary provider
+     * @return id
      */
-    public boolean isAncillary() {
-        return ancillary;
+    public String id() {
+        return id;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the device URI scheme specific id portion.
+     * Indicates whether this identifier designates an ancillary providers.
      *
-     * @return id
+     * @return true if the provider is ancillary; false if primary
      */
-    public String id() {
-        return id;
+    public boolean isAncillary() {
+        return ancillary;
     }
 
     @Override