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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present 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.net.pi.runtime;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+import org.onlab.util.ImmutableByteSequence;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiMatchType;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Ternary field match in a protocol-independent pipeline.
+ */
+@Beta
+public final class PiTernaryFieldMatch extends PiFieldMatch {
+
+    private final ImmutableByteSequence value;
+    private final ImmutableByteSequence mask;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new ternary field match.
+     *
+     * @param fieldId field identifier
+     * @param value value
+     * @param mask  mask
+     */
+    public PiTernaryFieldMatch(PiHeaderFieldId fieldId, ImmutableByteSequence value,
+                               ImmutableByteSequence mask) {
+        super(fieldId);
+        this.value = checkNotNull(value);
+        this.mask = checkNotNull(mask);
+        checkArgument(value.size() == mask.size() && value.size() > 0,
+                      "Value and mask must have same non-zero size");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public PiMatchType type() {
+        return PiMatchType.TERNARY;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value matched by this field.
+     *
+     * @return an immutable byte sequence
+     */
+    public ImmutableByteSequence value() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the mask used to match this field.
+     *
+     * @return an immutable byte sequence
+     */
+    public ImmutableByteSequence mask() {
+        return mask;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        PiTernaryFieldMatch that = (PiTernaryFieldMatch) o;
+        return Objects.equal(this.fieldId(), that.fieldId()) &&
+                Objects.equal(value, that.value) &&
+                Objects.equal(mask, that.mask);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hashCode(this.fieldId(), value, mask);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return this.fieldId().toString() + '=' + value.toString() + "&&&" + mask.toString();
+    }
+}