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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.net.mcast;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.MoreObjects.toStringHelper;
+
+/**
+ * An entity representing a multicast route consisting of a source
+ * and a multicast group address.
+ */
+@Beta
+public class McastRoute {
+
+    public enum Type {
+        /**
+         * Route originates from PIM.
+         */
+        PIM,
+
+        /**
+         * Route originates from IGMP.
+         */
+        IGMP,
+
+        /**
+         * Route originates from other config (ie. REST, CLI).
+         */
+        STATIC
+    }
+
+    private final IpPrefix source;
+    private final IpPrefix group;
+    private final Type type;
+
+    public McastRoute(IpPrefix source, IpPrefix group, Type type) {
+        this.source = source;
+        this.group = group;
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fetches the source address of this route.
+     *
+     * @return an ip address
+     */
+    public IpPrefix source() {
+        return source;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fetches the group address of this route.
+     *
+     * @return an ip address
+     */
+    public IpPrefix group() {
+        return group;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Obtains how this route was created.
+     * @return a type of route
+
+     */
+    public Type type() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return toStringHelper(this)
+                .add("source", source)
+                .add("group", group)
+                .add("origin", type)
+                .toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        McastRoute that = (McastRoute) o;
+        return Objects.equal(source, that.source) &&
+                Objects.equal(group, that.group) &&
+                Objects.equal(type, that.type);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hashCode(source, group, type);
+    }
+
+}