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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.intentsync.cli;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.intentsync.IntentSynchronizationAdminService;
+
+/**
+ * Command to change whether this instance's intent synchronizer is primary.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "sdnip-set-primary",
+         description = "Changes the primary status of this SDN-IP instance")
+public class PrimaryChangeCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "isPrimary",
+            description = "True if this instance should be primary, false if not",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    boolean isPrimary = false;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        AbstractShellCommand.get(IntentSynchronizationAdminService.class).modifyPrimary(isPrimary);
+    }
+
+}