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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.segmentrouting;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Tunnel Handler.
+ */
+public class TunnelHandler {
+    protected final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private final HashMap<String, Tunnel> tunnelMap;
+
+    public TunnelHandler() {
+        tunnelMap = new HashMap<>();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a tunnel.
+     *
+     * @param tunnel tunnel reference to create a tunnel
+     */
+    public void createTunnel(Tunnel tunnel) {
+        tunnel.create();
+        tunnelMap.put(tunnel.id(), tunnel);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes the tunnel with the tunnel ID given.
+     *
+     * @param tunnelInfo tunnel information to delete tunnels
+     */
+    public void removeTunnel(Tunnel tunnelInfo) {
+
+        Tunnel tunnel = tunnelMap.get(tunnelInfo.id());
+        if (tunnel != null) {
+            tunnel.remove();
+            tunnelMap.remove(tunnel.id());
+        } else {
+            log.warn("No tunnel found for tunnel ID {}", tunnelInfo.id());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the tunnel with the tunnel ID given.
+     *
+     * @param tid Tunnel ID
+     * @return Tunnel reference
+     */
+    public Tunnel getTunnel(String tid) {
+        return tunnelMap.get(tid);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all tunnels.
+     *
+     * @return list of Tunnels
+     */
+    public List<Tunnel> getTunnels() {
+        List<Tunnel> tunnels = new ArrayList<>();
+        tunnelMap.values().forEach(tunnel -> tunnels.add(
+                new DefaultTunnel((DefaultTunnel) tunnel)));
+
+        return tunnels;
+    }
+}