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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.app.impl;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
+import org.apache.karaf.features.FeaturesService;
+import org.onosproject.app.ApplicationAdminService;
+import org.onosproject.app.ApplicationEvent;
+import org.onosproject.app.ApplicationListener;
+import org.onosproject.app.ApplicationService;
+import org.onosproject.app.ApplicationState;
+import org.onosproject.app.ApplicationStore;
+import org.onosproject.app.ApplicationStoreDelegate;
+import org.onosproject.core.Application;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.core.Permission;
+import org.onosproject.event.AbstractListenerRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.event.EventDeliveryService;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.onosproject.app.ApplicationEvent.Type.*;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the application management service.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+@Service
+public class ApplicationManager implements ApplicationService, ApplicationAdminService {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private static final String APP_ID_NULL = "Application ID cannot be null";
+
+    protected final AbstractListenerRegistry<ApplicationEvent, ApplicationListener>
+            listenerRegistry = new AbstractListenerRegistry<>();
+
+    private final ApplicationStoreDelegate delegate = new InternalStoreDelegate();
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected ApplicationStore store;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected FeaturesService featuresService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected EventDeliveryService eventDispatcher;
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        store.setDelegate(delegate);
+        eventDispatcher.addSink(ApplicationEvent.class, listenerRegistry);
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        store.unsetDelegate(delegate);
+        eventDispatcher.removeSink(ApplicationEvent.class);
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<Application> getApplications() {
+        return store.getApplications();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ApplicationId getId(String name) {
+        checkNotNull(name, "Name cannot be null");
+        return store.getId(name);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Application getApplication(ApplicationId appId) {
+        checkNotNull(appId, APP_ID_NULL);
+        return store.getApplication(appId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ApplicationState getState(ApplicationId appId) {
+        checkNotNull(appId, APP_ID_NULL);
+        return store.getState(appId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<Permission> getPermissions(ApplicationId appId) {
+        checkNotNull(appId, APP_ID_NULL);
+        return store.getPermissions(appId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Application install(InputStream appDescStream) {
+        checkNotNull(appDescStream, "Application archive stream cannot be null");
+        return store.create(appDescStream);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void uninstall(ApplicationId appId) {
+        checkNotNull(appId, APP_ID_NULL);
+        try {
+            store.remove(appId);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.warn("Unable to purge application directory for {}", appId.name());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void activate(ApplicationId appId) {
+        checkNotNull(appId, APP_ID_NULL);
+        store.activate(appId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void deactivate(ApplicationId appId) {
+        checkNotNull(appId, APP_ID_NULL);
+        store.deactivate(appId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPermissions(ApplicationId appId, Set<Permission> permissions) {
+        checkNotNull(appId, APP_ID_NULL);
+        checkNotNull(permissions, "Permissions cannot be null");
+        store.setPermissions(appId, permissions);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addListener(ApplicationListener listener) {
+        listenerRegistry.addListener(listener);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeListener(ApplicationListener listener) {
+        listenerRegistry.removeListener(listener);
+    }
+
+    private class InternalStoreDelegate implements ApplicationStoreDelegate {
+        @Override
+        public void notify(ApplicationEvent event) {
+            ApplicationEvent.Type type = event.type();
+            Application app = event.subject();
+            try {
+                if (type == APP_ACTIVATED) {
+                    installAppFeatures(app);
+                    log.info("Application {} has been activated", app.id().name());
+
+                } else if (type == APP_DEACTIVATED) {
+                    uninstallAppFeatures(app);
+                    log.info("Application {} has been deactivated", app.id().name());
+
+                } else if (type == APP_INSTALLED) {
+                    installAppArtifacts(app);
+                    log.info("Application {} has been installed", app.id().name());
+
+                } else if (type == APP_UNINSTALLED) {
+                    uninstallAppFeatures(app);
+                    uninstallAppArtifacts(app);
+                    log.info("Application {} has been uninstalled", app.id().name());
+
+                }
+                eventDispatcher.post(event);
+
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.warn("Unable to perform operation on application " + app.id().name(), e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void installAppArtifacts(Application app) throws Exception {
+        if (app.featuresRepo().isPresent()) {
+            featuresService.addRepository(app.featuresRepo().get());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void uninstallAppArtifacts(Application app) throws Exception {
+        if (app.featuresRepo().isPresent()) {
+            featuresService.removeRepository(app.featuresRepo().get());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void installAppFeatures(Application app) throws Exception {
+        for (String name : app.features()) {
+            featuresService.installFeature(name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void uninstallAppFeatures(Application app) throws Exception {
+        for (String name : app.features()) {
+            featuresService.uninstallFeature(name);
+        }
+    }
+
+}