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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.pcep.controller.impl;
+
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.pcep.controller.PccId;
+import org.onosproject.pcep.controller.PcepPacketStats;
+import org.onosproject.pcep.controller.driver.PcepAgent;
+import org.onosproject.pcep.controller.driver.PcepClientDriver;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.protocol.PcepFactories;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.protocol.PcepFactory;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.protocol.PcepMessage;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.protocol.PcepVersion;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+
+/**
+ * An abstract representation of an OpenFlow switch. Can be extended by others
+ * to serve as a base for their vendor specific representation of a switch.
+ */
+public class PcepClientImpl implements PcepClientDriver {
+
+    protected final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PcepClientImpl.class);
+
+    private static final String SHUTDOWN_MSG = "Worker has already been shutdown";
+
+    private Channel channel;
+    protected String channelId;
+
+    private boolean connected;
+    protected boolean startDriverHandshakeCalled = false;
+    protected boolean isHandShakeComplete = false;
+    protected boolean isSyncComplete = false;
+    private PccId pccId;
+    private PcepAgent agent;
+
+    private PcepVersion pcepVersion;
+    private byte keepAliveTime;
+    private byte deadTime;
+    private byte sessionId;
+    private PcepPacketStatsImpl pktStats;
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(PccId pccId, PcepVersion pcepVersion, PcepPacketStats pktStats) {
+        this.pccId = pccId;
+        this.pcepVersion = pcepVersion;
+        this.pktStats = (PcepPacketStatsImpl) pktStats;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void disconnectClient() {
+        this.channel.close();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void sendMessage(PcepMessage m) {
+        log.debug("Sending message to {}", channel.getRemoteAddress());
+        try {
+            channel.write(Collections.singletonList(m));
+            this.pktStats.addOutPacket();
+        } catch (RejectedExecutionException e) {
+            log.warn(e.getMessage());
+            if (!e.getMessage().contains(SHUTDOWN_MSG)) {
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void sendMessage(List<PcepMessage> msgs) {
+        try {
+            channel.write(msgs);
+            this.pktStats.addOutPacket(msgs.size());
+        } catch (RejectedExecutionException e) {
+            log.warn(e.getMessage());
+            if (!e.getMessage().contains(SHUTDOWN_MSG)) {
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isConnected() {
+        return this.connected;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void setConnected(boolean connected) {
+        this.connected = connected;
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public final void setChannel(Channel channel) {
+        this.channel = channel;
+        final SocketAddress address = channel.getRemoteAddress();
+        if (address instanceof InetSocketAddress) {
+            final InetSocketAddress inetAddress = (InetSocketAddress) address;
+            final IpAddress ipAddress = IpAddress.valueOf(inetAddress.getAddress());
+            if (ipAddress.isIp4()) {
+                channelId = ipAddress.toString() + ':' + inetAddress.getPort();
+            } else {
+                channelId = '[' + ipAddress.toString() + "]:" + inetAddress.getPort();
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public String channelId() {
+        return channelId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final PccId getPccId() {
+        return this.pccId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final String getStringId() {
+        return this.pccId.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void setPcVersion(PcepVersion pcepVersion) {
+        this.pcepVersion = pcepVersion;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPcKeepAliveTime(byte keepAliveTime) {
+        this.keepAliveTime = keepAliveTime;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPcDeadTime(byte deadTime) {
+        this.deadTime = deadTime;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPcSessionId(byte sessionId) {
+        this.sessionId = sessionId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setIsSyncComplete(boolean value) {
+        this.isSyncComplete = value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isSyncComplete() {
+        return isSyncComplete;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void handleMessage(PcepMessage m) {
+        this.pktStats.addInPacket();
+        this.agent.processPcepMessage(pccId, m);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final boolean connectClient() {
+        return this.agent.addConnectedClient(pccId, this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void removeConnectedClient() {
+        this.agent.removeConnectedClient(pccId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public PcepFactory factory() {
+        return PcepFactories.getFactory(pcepVersion);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isHandshakeComplete() {
+        return isHandShakeComplete;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void setAgent(PcepAgent ag) {
+        if (this.agent == null) {
+            this.agent = ag;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isOptical() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
+                .add("channel", channelId())
+                .add("pccId", getPccId())
+                .toString();
+    }
+}