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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-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.lisp.ctl;
+
+import org.onosproject.lisp.msg.protocols.LispMessage;
+
+/**
+ * LISP map server class.
+ * Handles map-register message and acknowledges with map-notify message.
+ */
+public class LispMapServer implements LispMapSystem {
+    @Override
+    public LispMessage process(LispMessage message) {
+        // TODO: need to implement map-request message processing logic
+        return null;
+    }
+}