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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.rest;
+
+import org.onosproject.app.ApplicationAdminService;
+import org.onosproject.core.Application;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * REST resource for interacting with the inventory of applications.
+ */
+@Path("applications")
+public class ApplicationsWebResource extends AbstractWebResource {
+
+    @GET
+    public Response getApplications() {
+        ApplicationAdminService service = get(ApplicationAdminService.class);
+        Set<Application> apps = service.getApplications();
+        return ok(encodeArray(Application.class, "applications", apps)).build();
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("{name}")
+    public Response getApplication(@PathParam("id") String name) {
+        ApplicationAdminService service = get(ApplicationAdminService.class);
+        ApplicationId appId = service.getId(name);
+        return response(service, appId);
+    }
+
+    @POST
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response installApplication(InputStream stream) {
+        ApplicationAdminService service = get(ApplicationAdminService.class);
+        Application app = service.install(stream);
+        return ok(codec(Application.class).encode(app, this)).build();
+    }
+
+    @DELETE
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{name}")
+    public Response uninstallApplication(@PathParam("name") String name) {
+        ApplicationAdminService service = get(ApplicationAdminService.class);
+        ApplicationId appId = service.getId(name);
+        service.uninstall(appId);
+        return Response.ok().build();
+    }
+
+    @POST
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{name}/active")
+    public Response activateApplication(@PathParam("name") String name) {
+        ApplicationAdminService service = get(ApplicationAdminService.class);
+        ApplicationId appId = service.getId(name);
+        service.activate(appId);
+        return response(service, appId);
+    }
+
+    @DELETE
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Path("{name}/active")
+    public Response deactivateApplication(@PathParam("name") String name) {
+        ApplicationAdminService service = get(ApplicationAdminService.class);
+        ApplicationId appId = service.getId(name);
+        service.deactivate(appId);
+        return response(service, appId);
+    }
+
+    private Response response(ApplicationAdminService service, ApplicationId appId) {
+        Application app = service.getApplication(appId);
+        return ok(codec(Application.class).encode(app, this)).build();
+    }
+
+}