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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.onosproject.ui.impl.lion;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import org.onosproject.ui.lion.LionBundle;
+import org.onosproject.ui.lion.LionUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ResourceBundle;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Gathers and stitches together a localization bundle according to a
+ * "lion" configuration file.
+ */
+public class BundleStitcher {
+
+    private static final Logger log =
+            LoggerFactory.getLogger(BundleStitcher.class);
+
+    private static final String CONFIG_DIR = "_config";
+    private static final String SUFFIX = ".lioncfg";
+    private static final String SLASH = "/";
+    private static final String DOT = ".";
+
+
+    private final String base;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a bundle stitcher, configured with the specified base resource
+     * path.
+     *
+     * @param base the base resource path
+     */
+    public BundleStitcher(String base) {
+        this.base = base;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "BundleStitcher{base=\"" + base + "\"}";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stitches together a LionBundle, based on the bundle configuration data
+     * for the given bundle ID.
+     *
+     * @param id the bundle ID
+     * @return a corresponding lion bundle
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the bundle config cannot be loaded
+     */
+    public LionBundle stitch(String id) {
+        String source = base + SLASH + CONFIG_DIR + SLASH + id + SUFFIX;
+        LionConfig cfg = new LionConfig().load(source);
+        LionBundle.Builder builder = new LionBundle.Builder(id);
+
+        for (LionConfig.CmdFrom from : cfg.entries()) {
+            addItemsToBuilder(builder, from);
+        }
+
+        return builder.build();
+    }
+
+    private void addItemsToBuilder(LionBundle.Builder builder,
+                                   LionConfig.CmdFrom from) {
+        String resBundleName = base + SLASH + from.res();
+        String resFqbn = convertToFqbn(resBundleName);
+        ResourceBundle bundle = LionUtils.getBundledResource(resFqbn);
+
+        if (from.starred()) {
+            addAllItems(builder, bundle);
+        } else {
+            addItems(builder, bundle, from.keys());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // to fully-qualified-bundle-name
+    private String convertToFqbn(String path) {
+        if (!path.startsWith(SLASH)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("path should start with '/'");
+        }
+        return path.substring(1).replaceAll(SLASH, DOT);
+    }
+
+    private void addAllItems(LionBundle.Builder builder, ResourceBundle bundle) {
+        addItems(builder, bundle, bundle.keySet());
+    }
+
+    private void addItems(LionBundle.Builder builder, ResourceBundle bundle,
+                          Set<String> keys) {
+        keys.forEach(k -> builder.addItem(k, bundle.getString(k)));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generates an immutable list of localization bundles, using the specified
+     * resource tree (base) and localization configuration file names (tags).
+     * <p>
+     * As an example, you might invoke:
+     * <pre>
+     * private static final String LION_BASE = "/org/onosproject/ui/lion";
+     *
+     * private static final String[] LION_TAGS = {
+     *     "core.view.App",
+     *     "core.view.Settings",
+     *     "core.view.Cluster",
+     *     "core.view.Processor",
+     *     "core.view.Partition",
+     * };
+     *
+     * List&lt;LionBundle&gt; bundles =
+     *      LionUtils.generateBundles(LION_BASE, LION_TAGS);
+     * </pre>
+     * It is expected that in the "LION_BASE" directory there is a subdirectory
+     * named "_config" which contains the configuration files listed in the
+     * "LION_TAGS" array, each with a ".lioncfg" suffix...
+     * <pre>
+     * /org/onosproject/ui/lion/
+     *   |
+     *   +-- _config
+     *         |
+     *         +-- core.view.App.lioncfg
+     *         +-- core.view.Settings.lioncfg
+     *         :
+     * </pre>
+     * These files collate a localization bundle for their particular view
+     * by referencing resource bundles and their keys.
+     *
+     * @param base the base resource directory path
+     * @param tags the list of bundles to generate
+     * @return a list of generated localization bundles
+     */
+    public static List<LionBundle> generateBundles(String base,
+                                                   String... tags) {
+        List<LionBundle> result = new ArrayList<>(tags.length);
+        BundleStitcher stitcher = new BundleStitcher(base);
+        for (String tag : tags) {
+            try {
+                LionBundle b = stitcher.stitch(tag);
+                result.add(b);
+
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                log.warn("Unable to generate bundle: {} / {}", base, tag);
+            }
+        }
+        return ImmutableList.copyOf(result);
+    }
+}