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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.newresource;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import org.onlab.util.Bandwidth;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.Config;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
+/**
+ * Configuration to specify maximum available bandwidth resource (Capacity) on a port.
+ */
+@Beta
+public class BandwidthCapacity extends Config<ConnectPoint> {
+
+    /**
+     * netcfg ConfigKey for {@link BandwidthCapacity}.
+     */
+    public static final String CONFIG_KEY = "bandwidthCapacity";
+
+    // JSON key
+    private static final String CAPACITY = "capacityMbps";
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BandwidthCapacity.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid() {
+        // Open for extension (adding fields) in the future,
+        // must have CAPACITY field.
+        return isNumber(CAPACITY, FieldPresence.MANDATORY);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the Available Bandwidth resource (Capacity).
+     *
+     * @param bandwidth value to set.
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public BandwidthCapacity capacity(Bandwidth bandwidth) {
+        checkNotNull(bandwidth);
+
+        // TODO current Bandwidth API end up value converted to double
+        setOrClear(CAPACITY, bandwidth.bps());
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Available Bandwidth resource (Capacity).
+     *
+     * @return {@link Bandwidth}
+     */
+    public Bandwidth capacity() {
+        JsonNode v = object.path(CAPACITY);
+
+        if (v.isIntegralNumber()) {
+
+            return Bandwidth.mbps(v.asLong());
+        } else if (v.isFloatingPointNumber()) {
+
+            return Bandwidth.mbps(v.asDouble());
+        } else {
+            log.warn("Unexpected JsonNode for {}: {}", CAPACITY, v);
+            return Bandwidth.mbps(v.asDouble());
+        }
+    }
+}