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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.Command;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.DefaultMaintenanceDomain;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.l2monitoring.cfm.MaintenanceDomain;
+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;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/**
+ * Adds a Maintenance Domain to the existing list.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "cfm-md-add",
+        description = "Add a CFM Maintenance Domain.")
+public class CfmMdAddCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "name-type",
+            description = "Maintenance Domain name type",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String nameType = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 1, name = "name",
+            description = "Maintenance Domain name. Restrictions apply depending " +
+                    "on name-type. Leave empty if name type is none",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String name = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 2, name = "level",
+            description = "Maintenance Domain level LEVEL0-LEVEL7",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String level = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 3, name = "numeric-id",
+            description = "An optional numeric id for Maintenance Domain [1-65535]",
+            required = false, multiValued = false)
+    short numericId = 0;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        CfmMdService service = get(CfmMdService.class);
+        MdId mdId = null;
+        MdId.MdNameType nameTypeEnum = MdId.MdNameType.valueOf(nameType);
+        switch (nameTypeEnum) {
+            case DOMAINNAME:
+                mdId = MdIdDomainName.asMdId(name);
+                break;
+            case MACANDUINT:
+                mdId = MdIdMacUint.asMdId(name);
+                break;
+            case NONE:
+                mdId = MdIdNone.asMdId();
+                break;
+            case CHARACTERSTRING:
+            default:
+                mdId = MdIdCharStr.asMdId(name);
+        }
+        MaintenanceDomain.MdLevel levelEnum =
+                MaintenanceDomain.MdLevel.valueOf(level);
+        Optional<Short> numericIdOpt = Optional.empty();
+        if (numericId > 0) {
+            numericIdOpt = Optional.of(numericId);
+        }
+
+        MaintenanceDomain.MdBuilder builder = null;
+        try {
+            builder = DefaultMaintenanceDomain.builder(mdId).mdLevel(levelEnum);
+            if (numericIdOpt.isPresent()) {
+                builder = builder.mdNumericId(numericIdOpt.get());
+            }
+            boolean created = service.createMaintenanceDomain(builder.build());
+            print("Maintenance Domain with id %s is successfully %s.",
+                    mdId, created ? "updated" : "created");
+        } catch (CfmConfigException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}