diff --git a/drivers/odtn-driver/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/odtn/util/NetconfSessionUtility.java b/drivers/odtn-driver/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/odtn/util/NetconfSessionUtility.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-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.
+ *
+ * This Work is contributed by Sterlite Technologies
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.drivers.odtn.util;
+
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.XMLConfiguration;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.tree.xpath.XPathExpressionEngine;
+import org.onosproject.drivers.utilities.XmlConfigParser;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfController;
+import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfDevice;
+import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfException;
+import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfSession;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+public final class NetconfSessionUtility {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NetconfSessionUtility.class);
+
+    private NetconfSessionUtility() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the NetconfSession with the device for which the method was called.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId   device identifier
+     * @param controller NetconfController
+     * @return The netconf session or null
+     */
+    public static NetconfSession getNetconfSession(DeviceId deviceId,
+                                                   NetconfController controller) {
+        log.info("Inside getNetconfSession () method for device : {}", deviceId);
+        NetconfDevice ncdev = controller.getDevicesMap().get(deviceId);
+        if (ncdev == null) {
+            log.trace("No netconf device, returning null session");
+            return null;
+        }
+        return ncdev.getSession();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute RPC request.
+     *
+     * @param session Netconf session
+     * @param message Netconf message in XML format
+     * @return XMLConfiguration object
+     */
+
+    public static XMLConfiguration executeRpc(NetconfSession session, String message) {
+        try {
+            CompletableFuture<String> fut = session.rpc(message);
+            String rpcReply = fut.get();
+            XMLConfiguration xconf = (XMLConfiguration) XmlConfigParser.loadXmlString(rpcReply);
+            xconf.setExpressionEngine(new XPathExpressionEngine());
+            return xconf;
+        } catch (NetconfException ne) {
+            log.error("Exception on Netconf protocol: {}.", ne);
+        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+            log.error("Interrupted Exception: {}.", ie);
+        } catch (ExecutionException ee) {
+            log.error("Concurrent Exception while executing Netconf operation: {}.", ee);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}