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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.routing.config.impl;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.host.HostService;
+import org.onosproject.routing.config.BgpPeer;
+import org.onosproject.routing.config.BgpSpeaker;
+import org.onosproject.routing.config.Interface;
+import org.onosproject.routing.config.RoutingConfigurationService;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of RoutingConfigurationService which reads routing
+ * configuration from a file.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+@Service
+public class RoutingConfigurationImpl implements RoutingConfigurationService {
+
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private static final String CONFIG_DIR = "../config";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = "sdnip.json";
+    private String configFileName = DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected HostService hostService;
+
+    private Map<String, BgpSpeaker> bgpSpeakers = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private Map<IpAddress, BgpPeer> bgpPeers = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    private HostToInterfaceAdaptor hostAdaptor;
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        readConfiguration();
+        hostAdaptor = new HostToInterfaceAdaptor(hostService);
+        log.info("Routing configuration service started");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads SDN-IP related information contained in the configuration file.
+     *
+     * @param configFilename the name of the configuration file for the SDN-IP
+     * application
+     */
+    private void readConfiguration(String configFilename) {
+        File configFile = new File(CONFIG_DIR, configFilename);
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        try {
+            log.info("Loading config: {}", configFile.getAbsolutePath());
+            Configuration config = mapper.readValue(configFile,
+                                                    Configuration.class);
+            for (BgpSpeaker speaker : config.getBgpSpeakers()) {
+                bgpSpeakers.put(speaker.name(), speaker);
+            }
+            for (BgpPeer peer : config.getPeers()) {
+                bgpPeers.put(peer.ipAddress(), peer);
+            }
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            log.warn("Configuration file not found: {}", configFileName);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Error loading configuration", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Instructs the configuration reader to read the configuration from the file.
+     */
+    public void readConfiguration() {
+        readConfiguration(configFileName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<String, BgpSpeaker> getBgpSpeakers() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(bgpSpeakers);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<IpAddress, BgpPeer> getBgpPeers() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableMap(bgpPeers);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<Interface> getInterfaces() {
+        return hostAdaptor.getInterfaces();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Interface getInterface(ConnectPoint connectPoint) {
+        return hostAdaptor.getInterface(connectPoint);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Interface getMatchingInterface(IpAddress ipAddress) {
+        return hostAdaptor.getMatchingInterface(ipAddress);
+    }
+
+}