[ONOS-6809] Support for Packets and packet Metadata

Change-Id: I53910cd8e2ce5845e301dc68bcbf3ae8f34a197b
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/runtime/PiPacketMetadata.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/runtime/PiPacketMetadata.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present 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.pi.runtime;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+import org.onlab.util.ImmutableByteSequence;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Instance of a metadata for a packet I/O operation, with id and value for a protocol-independent pipeline.
+ */
+@Beta
+public final class PiPacketMetadata {
+
+    private final PiPacketMetadataId id;
+    private final ImmutableByteSequence value;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new packet metadata instance for the given identifier and value.
+     *
+     * @param id    packet metadata identifier
+     * @param value value for this metadata
+     */
+    private PiPacketMetadata(PiPacketMetadataId id, ImmutableByteSequence value) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the identifier of this packet metadata.
+     *
+     * @return packet metadata identifier
+     */
+    public PiPacketMetadataId id() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value for the field in this metadata.
+     *
+     * @return value
+     */
+    public ImmutableByteSequence value() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        PiPacketMetadata piPacket = (PiPacketMetadata) o;
+        return Objects.equal(id, piPacket.id()) &&
+                Objects.equal(value, piPacket.value());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hashCode(id, value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return this.id().toString() + " = " + value.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a packet metadata builder.
+     *
+     * @return a new builder
+     */
+    public static Builder builder() {
+        return new Builder();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Builder of protocol-independent packet metadatas.
+     */
+    public static final class Builder {
+
+        private PiPacketMetadataId id;
+        private ImmutableByteSequence value;
+
+        private Builder() {
+            // hides constructor.
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the identifier of this packet metadata.
+         *
+         * @param id packet metadata identifier
+         * @return this
+         */
+        public Builder withId(PiPacketMetadataId id) {
+            this.id = id;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the value of this metadata.
+         *
+         * @param value value of the metadata
+         * @return this
+         */
+        public Builder withValue(ImmutableByteSequence value) {
+            this.value = value;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns a new packet metadata instance.
+         *
+         * @return packet metadata
+         */
+        public PiPacketMetadata build() {
+            checkNotNull(id);
+            checkNotNull(value);
+            return new PiPacketMetadata(id, value);
+        }
+    }
+}