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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+'''
+Created on 31-May-2013
+
+@author: Anil Kumar (anilkumar.s@paxterrasolutions.com)
+
+
+    TestON is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    TestON is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with TestON.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.        
+
+
+ZookeeperCliDriver is the basic driver which will handle the Zookeeper functions
+'''
+
+import pexpect
+import struct
+import fcntl
+import os
+import signal
+import re
+import sys
+import core.teston
+import time
+
+sys.path.append("../")
+from drivers.common.clidriver import CLI
+
+class ZookeeperCliDriver(CLI):
+    '''
+        ZookeeperCliDriver is the basic driver which will handle the Zookeeper's functions
+    '''
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(CLI, self).__init__()
+        self.handle = self
+        self.wrapped = sys.modules[__name__]
+
+    def connect(self, **connectargs):
+        # Here the main is the TestON instance after creating all the log handles.
+        self.port = None
+        for key in connectargs:
+            vars(self)[key] = connectargs[key]       
+        
+        self.name = self.options['name']
+        self.handle = super(ZookeeperCliDriver, self).connect(user_name = self.user_name, ip_address = self.ip_address,port = self.port, pwd = self.pwd)
+        
+        self.ssh_handle = self.handle
+        if self.handle :
+            self.start()
+            return main.TRUE
+        else :
+            main.log.error("Connection failed to the host "+self.user_name+"@"+self.ip_address) 
+            main.log.error("Failed to connect to the Onos system")
+            return main.FALSE
+   
+ 
+    def start(self):
+        ''' This Function will start the Zookeeper'''
+        main.log.info( "Starting Zookeeper" )
+        self.handle.sendline("")
+        self.handle.expect("\$")
+        self.handle.sendline("~/zookeeper-3.4.5/bin/zkServer.sh start")
+        self.handle.expect("zkServer.sh start") 
+        self.handle.expect("\$")
+        response = self.handle.before + self.handle.after 
+        if re.search("STARTED", response):
+            main.log.info("Zookeeper Started ")
+            return main.TRUE
+        elif re.search("running", response):
+            main.log.warn("zookeeper ... already running")
+        else:
+            main.log.error("Failed to start Zookeeper"+ response)
+            return main.FALSE
+        
+    def status(self):
+        '''This Function will return the Status of the Zookeeper '''
+        time.sleep(5)
+        self.execute(cmd="\r",prompt="\$",timeout=10)
+        response = self.execute(cmd="~/zookeeper-3.4.5/bin/zkServer.sh status ",prompt="JMX",timeout=10)
+        
+        self.execute(cmd="\r",prompt="\$",timeout=10)
+        return response
+        
+    def stop(self):
+        '''This Function will stop the Zookeeper if it is Running''' 
+        self.execute(cmd="\r",prompt="\$",timeout=10)
+        time.sleep(5)
+        response = self.execute(cmd="~/zookeeper-3.4.5/bin/zkServer.sh stop ",prompt="STOPPED",timeout=10)
+        self.execute(cmd="\r",prompt="\$",timeout=10)
+        if re.search("STOPPED",response):
+            main.log.info("Zookeeper Stopped")
+            return main.TRUE
+        else:
+            main.log.warn("No zookeeper to stop")
+            return main.FALSE
+            
+    def disconnect(self):
+        
+        response = ''
+        if self.handle:
+            self.handle.sendline("exit")
+            self.handle.expect("closed")
+        else :
+            main.log.error("Connection failed to the host")
+            response = main.FALSE
+        return response 
+
+    def isup(self):
+        self.execute(cmd="\n",prompt="\$",timeout=10)
+        response = self.execute(cmd="~/zookeeper-3.4.5/bin/zkServer.sh status ",prompt="Mode",timeout=10)
+        pattern = '(.*)Mode(.*)'
+        if re.search(pattern, response):  
+            return main.TRUE
+        else:
+            return main.FALSE
+
+