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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.cfm.cli;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MaId2Octet;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MaIdCharStr;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MaIdIccY1731;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MaIdPrimaryVid;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MaIdRfc2685VpnId;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MaIdShort;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MdId;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MdIdCharStr;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MdIdDomainName;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MdIdMacUint;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.identifier.MdIdNone;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.service.CfmConfigException;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.service.CfmMdService;
+
+/**
+ * Delete a Maintenance Association from the existing list of a Maintenance Domain.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "cfm-ma-delete",
+        description = "Delete a CFM Maintenance Association and its children.")
+public class CfmMaDeleteCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "name",
+            description = "Maintenance Domain name and type (in brackets) " +
+                    "and the Maintenance Association name and type (in brackets)",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String name = null;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        CfmMdService service = get(CfmMdService.class);
+
+        String[] nameParts = name.split("[()]");
+        if (nameParts.length != 4) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid name format. Must be in " +
+                    "the format of <identifier(name-type)identifier(name-type)>");
+        }
+
+        MdId mdId = null;
+        MdId.MdNameType nameTypeEnum = MdId.MdNameType.valueOf(nameParts[1]);
+        switch (nameTypeEnum) {
+            case DOMAINNAME:
+                mdId = MdIdDomainName.asMdId(nameParts[0]);
+                break;
+            case MACANDUINT:
+                mdId = MdIdMacUint.asMdId(nameParts[0]);
+                break;
+            case NONE:
+                mdId = MdIdNone.asMdId();
+                break;
+            case CHARACTERSTRING:
+            default:
+                mdId = MdIdCharStr.asMdId(nameParts[0]);
+        }
+
+        MaIdShort maId = null;
+        MaIdShort.MaIdType maNameTypeEnum = MaIdShort.MaIdType.valueOf(nameParts[3]);
+        switch (maNameTypeEnum) {
+            case TWOOCTET:
+                maId = MaId2Octet.asMaId(nameParts[2]);
+                break;
+            case ICCY1731:
+                maId = MaIdIccY1731.asMaId(nameParts[2]);
+                break;
+            case PRIMARYVID:
+                maId = MaIdPrimaryVid.asMaId(nameParts[2]);
+                break;
+            case RFC2685VPNID:
+                maId = MaIdRfc2685VpnId.asMaIdHex(nameParts[2]);
+                break;
+            case CHARACTERSTRING:
+            default:
+                maId = MaIdCharStr.asMaId(nameParts[2]);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            boolean deleted = service.deleteMaintenanceAssociation(mdId, maId);
+            print("Maintenance Association %s-%s is %ssuccessfully deleted.",
+                    mdId, maId, deleted ? "" : "NOT ");
+        } catch (CfmConfigException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}