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+package org.onlab.util;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.ConcurrentException;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.ConcurrentInitializer;
+
+/**
+ * Creates an instance of new ConcurrentHashMap on each {@link #get()} call.
+ * <p>
+ * To be used with
+ * {@link org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.ConcurrentUtils#createIfAbsent()
+ *  ConcurrentUtils#createIfAbsent}
+ *
+ * @param <K> ConcurrentHashMap key type
+ * @param <V> ConcurrentHashMap value type
+ */
+public final class NewConcurrentHashMap<K, V>
+    implements  ConcurrentInitializer<ConcurrentMap<K, V>> {
+
+    public static final NewConcurrentHashMap<?, ?> INSTANCE = new NewConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static <K, V> NewConcurrentHashMap<K, V> ifNeeded() {
+        return (NewConcurrentHashMap<K, V>) INSTANCE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ConcurrentMap<K, V> get() throws ConcurrentException {
+        return new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    }
+}