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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.layout;
+
+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.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigService;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceService;
+import org.onosproject.net.host.HostService;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkService;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Manages automatic layout of the current network elements into one of several
+ * supported layout variants using roles assigned to network elements using
+ * network configuration.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+@Service(value = RoleBasedLayoutManager.class)
+public class RoleBasedLayoutManager {
+
+    private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected NetworkConfigService networkConfigService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected DeviceService deviceService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected HostService hostService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected LinkService linkService;
+
+    @Activate
+    protected void activate() {
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    protected void deactivate() {
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Executes the specified layout algorithm.
+     *
+     * @param algorithm layout algorithm
+     */
+    public void layout(LayoutAlgorithm algorithm) {
+        algorithm.init(deviceService, hostService, linkService, networkConfigService);
+        algorithm.classify();
+        log.info("Layout classified: {}", algorithm);
+        algorithm.apply();
+    }
+
+}
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