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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015-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.cli.net;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.Band;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.DefaultBand;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.DefaultMeterRequest;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.Meter;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.MeterRequest;
+import org.onosproject.net.meter.MeterService;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+/**
+ * Add a meter to a device.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "add-meter",
+        description = "Adds a meter to a device (currently for testing)")
+public class AddMeterCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "uri", description = "Device ID",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String uri = null;
+
+    private final String appId = "org.onosproject.cli.meterCmd";
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        MeterService service = get(MeterService.class);
+        CoreService coreService = get(CoreService.class);
+
+        DeviceId deviceId = DeviceId.deviceId(uri);
+
+        Band band = DefaultBand.builder()
+                        .ofType(Band.Type.DROP)
+                        .withRate(500)
+                        .build();
+
+
+        MeterRequest request = DefaultMeterRequest.builder()
+                .forDevice(deviceId)
+                .fromApp(coreService.registerApplication(appId))
+                .withUnit(Meter.Unit.KB_PER_SEC)
+                .withBands(Collections.singleton(band))
+                .add();
+
+        service.submit(request);
+
+    }
+}