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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-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.t3.api;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Represents Network Information Base (NIB) for edge ports
+ * and supports alternative functions to
+ * {@link org.onosproject.net.edge.EdgePortService} for offline data.
+ */
+public class EdgePortNib {
+
+    private Map<DeviceId, Set<ConnectPoint>> edgePorts;
+
+    // use the singleton helper to create the instance
+    protected EdgePortNib() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets a map of device id : edge ports of the device.
+     *
+     * @param edgePorts device-edge ports map
+     */
+    public void setEdgePorts(Map<DeviceId, Set<ConnectPoint>> edgePorts) {
+        this.edgePorts = edgePorts;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the device-edge ports map.
+     * @return device-edge ports map
+     */
+    public Map<DeviceId, Set<ConnectPoint>> getEdgePorts() {
+        return ImmutableMap.copyOf(edgePorts);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates whether or not the specified connection point is an edge point.
+     *
+     * @param point connection point
+     * @return true if edge point
+     */
+    public boolean isEdgePoint(ConnectPoint point) {
+        Set<ConnectPoint> connectPoints = edgePorts.get(point.deviceId());
+        return connectPoints != null && connectPoints.contains(point);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the singleton instance of edge ports NIB.
+     *
+     * @return instance of edge ports NIB
+     */
+    public static EdgePortNib getInstance() {
+        return EdgePortNib.SingletonHelper.INSTANCE;
+    }
+
+    private static class SingletonHelper {
+        private static final EdgePortNib INSTANCE = new EdgePortNib();
+    }
+
+}