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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.cpman;
+
+import com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.ComponentContext;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Modified;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Control plane management application.
+ */
+public class ControlPlaneManager {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate(ComponentContext context) {
+
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+
+    }
+
+    @Modified
+    public void modified(ComponentContext context) {
+
+    }
+}
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