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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.p4runtime.ctl.controller;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.p4runtime.api.P4RuntimeEventSubject;
+
+/**
+ * Channel event in P4Runtime.
+ */
+public final class ChannelEvent implements P4RuntimeEventSubject {
+
+    public enum Type {
+        OPEN,
+        CLOSED,
+        ERROR
+    }
+
+    private DeviceId deviceId;
+    private Type type;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates channel event with given status and throwable.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId  the device
+     * @param type      error type
+     */
+    public ChannelEvent(DeviceId deviceId, Type type) {
+        this.deviceId = deviceId;
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the type of this event.
+     *
+     * @return the error type
+     */
+    public Type type() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DeviceId deviceId() {
+        return deviceId;
+    }
+}