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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.config;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import org.onosproject.yang.model.NodeKey;
+import org.onosproject.yang.model.ResourceId;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of an entity which identifies a resource in the logical tree
+ * data store. It is a list of node keys to identify the branch point
+ * hierarchy to reach a resource in the instance tree.
+ */
+
+public final class ResourceIdParser {
+
+    private ResourceIdParser() {
+
+    }
+    public static String asString(ResourceId path) {
+        StringBuilder bldr = new StringBuilder();
+            bldr.append("root.");
+            Iterator<NodeKey> iter = path.nodeKeys().iterator();
+            NodeKey key;
+            while (iter.hasNext()) {
+                key = iter.next();
+                //log.info("Iter: key {}", key.toString());
+                bldr.append(key.schemaId().name());
+                bldr.append("#");
+                bldr.append(key.schemaId().namespace());
+                if (iter.hasNext()) {
+                    bldr.append(".");
+                }
+            }
+        return bldr.toString();
+    }
+}
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