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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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ ONOS GUI -- Remote -- Web Socket Service
+ */
+(function () {
+    'use strict';
+
+    angular.module('onosRemote')
+    .factory('WebSocketService', ['$location', 'UrlFnService',
+        function ($loc, ufs) {
+
+            // creates a web socket for the given path, returning a "handle"
+            function createWebSocket(path) {
+                return {
+                    path: ufs.wsUrl(path)
+                    // TODO: complete implementation...
+                };
+            }
+
+            return {
+                createWebSocket: createWebSocket
+            };
+    }]);
+
+}());