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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.pcepio.types;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Provides PCEP Object Header which is common for all the objects.
+ * Reference : RFC 5440.
+ */
+
+public class PcepObjectHeader {
+
+    /*
+        0                   1                   2                   3
+        0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+       | Object-Class  |   OT  |Res|P|I|   Object Length (bytes)       |
+       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+       |                                                               |
+       //                        (Object body)                        //
+       |                                                               |
+       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+                      PCEP Common Object Header
+     */
+
+    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PcepObjectHeader.class);
+
+    public static final boolean REQ_OBJ_MUST_PROCESS = true;
+    public static final boolean REQ_OBJ_OPTIONAL_PROCESS = false;
+    public static final boolean RSP_OBJ_IGNORED = true;
+    public static final boolean RSP_OBJ_PROCESSED = false;
+    public static final int OBJECT_TYPE_SHIFT_VALUE = 4;
+    public static final byte PFLAG_SET = 0x02;
+    public static final byte IFLAG_SET = 0x01;
+    public static final int SET = 1;
+    private byte objClass;
+    private byte objType;
+    private boolean bPFlag;
+    private boolean bIFlag;
+    private short objLen;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor to initialize all the variables in object header.
+     *
+     * @param objClass PCEP Object class
+     * @param objType PCEP Object type
+     * @param bPFlag P flag
+     * @param bIFlag I flag
+     * @param objLen PCEP object length
+     */
+
+    public PcepObjectHeader(byte objClass, byte objType, boolean bPFlag, boolean bIFlag, short objLen) {
+        this.objClass = objClass;
+        this.objType = objType;
+        this.bPFlag = bPFlag;
+        this.bIFlag = bIFlag;
+        this.objLen = objLen;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the Object class.
+     *
+     * @param value object class
+     */
+    public void setObjClass(byte value) {
+        this.objClass = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the Object TYPE.
+     *
+     * @param value object type
+     */
+    public void setObjType(byte value) {
+        this.objType = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the Object P flag.
+     *
+     * @param value p flag
+     */
+    public void setPFlag(boolean value) {
+        this.bPFlag = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the Object I flag.
+     *
+     * @param value I flag
+     */
+    public void setIFlag(boolean value) {
+        this.bIFlag = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the Object Length.
+     *
+     * @param value object length
+     */
+    public void setObjLen(short value) {
+        this.objLen = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns Object's P flag.
+     *
+     * @return bPFlag P flag
+     */
+    public boolean getPFlag() {
+        return this.bPFlag;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns Object's i flag.
+     *
+     * @return bIFlag I flag
+     */
+    public boolean getIFlag() {
+        return this.bIFlag;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns Object Length.
+     *
+     * @return objLen object length
+     */
+    public short getObjLen() {
+        return this.objLen;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns Object class.
+     *
+     * @return objClass object class
+     */
+    public byte getObjClass() {
+        return this.objClass;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns Object Type.
+     *
+     * @return objType object type
+     */
+    public byte getObjType() {
+        return this.objType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  Writes Byte stream of PCEP object header to channel buffer.
+     *
+     * @param bb of type channel buffer
+     * @return objLenIndex object length index in channel buffer
+     */
+    public int write(ChannelBuffer bb) {
+
+        bb.writeByte(this.objClass);
+        byte temp = (byte) (this.objType << OBJECT_TYPE_SHIFT_VALUE);
+        if (this.bPFlag) {
+            temp = (byte) (temp | PFLAG_SET);
+        }
+        if (this.bIFlag) {
+            temp = (byte) (temp | IFLAG_SET);
+        }
+        bb.writeByte(temp);
+        int objLenIndex = bb.writerIndex();
+        bb.writeShort((short) 0);
+        return objLenIndex;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read from channel buffer and Returns PCEP Objects header.
+     *
+     * @param bb of type channel buffer
+     * @return PCEP Object header
+     */
+    public static PcepObjectHeader read(ChannelBuffer bb) {
+
+        byte objClass;
+        byte objType;
+        boolean bPFlag;
+        boolean bIFlag;
+        short objLen;
+        objClass = bb.readByte();
+        byte temp = bb.readByte();
+        bIFlag = ((temp & IFLAG_SET) == IFLAG_SET) ? true : false;
+        bPFlag = ((temp & PFLAG_SET) == PFLAG_SET) ? true : false;
+        objType = (byte) (temp >> OBJECT_TYPE_SHIFT_VALUE);
+        objLen = bb.readShort();
+        return new PcepObjectHeader(objClass, objType, bPFlag, bIFlag, objLen);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prints the Attributes of PCEP Object header.
+     */
+    public void print() {
+
+        log.debug("PcepObjectHeader");
+        log.debug("Object Class: " + objClass);
+        log.debug("Object Type: " + objType);
+        log.debug("Object Length: " + objLen);
+        log.debug("P flag: " + bPFlag);
+        log.debug("I flag: " + bIFlag);
+    }
+}