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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.grpc.ctl;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Striped;
+import io.grpc.CallOptions;
+import io.grpc.Channel;
+import io.grpc.ClientCall;
+import io.grpc.ClientInterceptor;
+import io.grpc.ForwardingClientCall;
+import io.grpc.ForwardingClientCallListener;
+import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
+import io.grpc.ManagedChannelBuilder;
+import io.grpc.Metadata;
+import io.grpc.MethodDescriptor;
+import io.grpc.Status;
+import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Modified;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Property;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
+import org.onosproject.cfg.ComponentConfigService;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.api.GrpcChannelController;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.api.GrpcChannelId;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.proto.dummy.Dummy;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.proto.dummy.DummyServiceGrpc;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Dictionary;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation of the GrpcChannelController.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+@Service
+public class GrpcChannelControllerImpl implements GrpcChannelController {
+
+    // FIXME: Should use message size to determine whether it needs to log the message or not.
+    private  static final String SET_FORWARDING_PIPELINE_CONFIG_METHOD = "p4.P4Runtime/SetForwardingPipelineConfig";
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected ComponentConfigService componentConfigService;
+
+    // Hint: set to true to log all gRPC messages received/sent on all channels
+    // Does not enable log on existing channels
+    private static final boolean DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL = false;
+    @Property(name = "enableMessageLog", boolValue =  DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL,
+            label = "Indicates whether to log all gRPC messages sent and received on all channels")
+    public static boolean enableMessageLog = DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL;
+
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private Map<GrpcChannelId, ManagedChannel> channels;
+    private final Striped<Lock> channelLocks = Striped.lock(30);
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        componentConfigService.registerProperties(getClass());
+        channels = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Modified
+    public void modified(ComponentContext context) {
+        if (context != null) {
+            Dictionary<?, ?> properties = context.getProperties();
+            enableMessageLog = Tools.isPropertyEnabled(properties, "enableMessageLog",
+                    DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL);
+            log.info("Configured. Log of gRPC messages is {}", enableMessageLog ? "enabled" : "disabled");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        componentConfigService.unregisterProperties(getClass(), false);
+        channels.values().forEach(ManagedChannel::shutdown);
+        channels.clear();
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ManagedChannel connectChannel(GrpcChannelId channelId,
+                                         ManagedChannelBuilder<?> channelBuilder)
+            throws IOException {
+        checkNotNull(channelId);
+        checkNotNull(channelBuilder);
+
+        Lock lock = channelLocks.get(channelId);
+        lock.lock();
+
+        try {
+            channelBuilder.intercept(new InternalLogChannelInterceptor(channelId));
+            ManagedChannel channel = channelBuilder.build();
+            // Forced connection not yet implemented. Use workaround...
+            // channel.getState(true);
+            doDummyMessage(channel);
+            channels.put(channelId, channel);
+            return channel;
+        } finally {
+            lock.unlock();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void doDummyMessage(ManagedChannel channel) throws IOException {
+        DummyServiceGrpc.DummyServiceBlockingStub dummyStub = DummyServiceGrpc
+                .newBlockingStub(channel)
+                .withDeadlineAfter(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        try {
+            dummyStub.sayHello(Dummy.DummyMessageThatNoOneWouldReallyUse
+                                       .getDefaultInstance());
+        } catch (StatusRuntimeException e) {
+            if (e.getStatus() != Status.UNIMPLEMENTED) {
+                // UNIMPLEMENTED means that the server received our message but
+                // doesn't know how to handle it. Hence, channel is open.
+                throw new IOException(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isChannelOpen(GrpcChannelId channelId) {
+        checkNotNull(channelId);
+
+        Lock lock = channelLocks.get(channelId);
+        lock.lock();
+
+        try {
+            if (!channels.containsKey(channelId)) {
+                log.warn("Can't check if channel open for unknown channel ID {}",
+                         channelId);
+                return false;
+            }
+            try {
+                doDummyMessage(channels.get(channelId));
+                return true;
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.debug("Unable to send dummy message to {}: {}",
+                          channelId, e.getCause().getMessage());
+                return false;
+            }
+        } finally {
+            lock.unlock();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void disconnectChannel(GrpcChannelId channelId) {
+        checkNotNull(channelId);
+
+        Lock lock = channelLocks.get(channelId);
+        lock.lock();
+
+        try {
+            if (!channels.containsKey(channelId)) {
+                // Nothing to do.
+                return;
+            }
+            ManagedChannel channel = channels.get(channelId);
+
+            try {
+                channel.shutdown().awaitTermination(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                log.warn("Channel {} didn't shut down in time.");
+                channel.shutdownNow();
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            }
+
+            channels.remove(channelId);
+        } finally {
+            lock.unlock();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<GrpcChannelId, ManagedChannel> getChannels() {
+        return ImmutableMap.copyOf(channels);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<ManagedChannel> getChannels(final DeviceId deviceId) {
+        checkNotNull(deviceId);
+        final Set<ManagedChannel> deviceChannels = new HashSet<>();
+        channels.forEach((k, v) -> {
+            if (k.deviceId().equals(deviceId)) {
+                deviceChannels.add(v);
+            }
+        });
+
+        return ImmutableSet.copyOf(deviceChannels);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<ManagedChannel> getChannel(GrpcChannelId channelId) {
+        checkNotNull(channelId);
+
+        Lock lock = channelLocks.get(channelId);
+        lock.lock();
+
+        try {
+            return Optional.ofNullable(channels.get(channelId));
+        } finally {
+            lock.unlock();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * gRPC client interceptor that logs all messages sent and received.
+     */
+    private final class InternalLogChannelInterceptor implements ClientInterceptor {
+
+        private final GrpcChannelId channelId;
+
+        private InternalLogChannelInterceptor(GrpcChannelId channelId) {
+            this.channelId = channelId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public <ReqT, RespT> ClientCall<ReqT, RespT> interceptCall(
+                MethodDescriptor<ReqT, RespT> methodDescriptor,
+                CallOptions callOptions, Channel channel) {
+            return new ForwardingClientCall.SimpleForwardingClientCall<ReqT, RespT>(
+                    channel.newCall(methodDescriptor, callOptions.withoutWaitForReady())) {
+
+                @Override
+                public void sendMessage(ReqT message) {
+                    if (enableMessageLog && !methodDescriptor.getFullMethodName()
+                            .startsWith(SET_FORWARDING_PIPELINE_CONFIG_METHOD)) {
+                        log.info("*** SENDING GRPC MESSAGE [{}]\n{}:\n{}",
+                                channelId, methodDescriptor.getFullMethodName(),
+                                message.toString());
+                    }
+                    super.sendMessage(message);
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void start(Listener<RespT> responseListener, Metadata headers) {
+
+                    ClientCall.Listener<RespT> listener = new ForwardingClientCallListener<RespT>() {
+                        @Override
+                        protected Listener<RespT> delegate() {
+                            return responseListener;
+                        }
+
+                        @Override
+                        public void onMessage(RespT message) {
+                            if (enableMessageLog) {
+                                log.info("*** RECEIVED GRPC MESSAGE [{}]\n{}:\n{}",
+                                        channelId, methodDescriptor.getFullMethodName(),
+                                        message.toString());
+                            }
+                            super.onMessage(message);
+                        }
+                    };
+                    super.start(listener, headers);
+                }
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}