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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.kafkaintegration.kafka;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
+import org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.EventConversionService;
+import org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.EventSubscriptionService;
+import org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.KafkaPublisherService;
+import org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.KafkaConfigService;
+import org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.dto.OnosEvent;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceEvent;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceListener;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceService;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkEvent;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkListener;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkService;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+
+import static java.util.concurrent.Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.groupedThreads;
+import static org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.dto.OnosEvent.Type.DEVICE;
+import static org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.dto.OnosEvent.Type.LINK;
+
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the behavior of monitoring various ONOS events.
+ * */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class EventListener {
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected EventSubscriptionService eventSubscriptionService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected EventConversionService eventConversionService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected KafkaPublisherService kafkaProducer;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected DeviceService deviceService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected LinkService linkService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected KafkaConfigService kafkaConfigService;
+
+    private final DeviceListener deviceListener = new InternalDeviceListener();
+    private final LinkListener linkListener = new InternalLinkListener();
+
+    protected ExecutorService eventExecutor;
+
+    @Activate
+    protected void activate() {
+
+        eventExecutor = newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(groupedThreads("onos/onosEvents", "events-%d", log));
+        deviceService.addListener(deviceListener);
+        linkService.addListener(linkListener);
+
+        kafkaProducer.start(kafkaConfigService.getConfigParams());
+
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    protected void deactivate() {
+        deviceService.removeListener(deviceListener);
+        linkService.removeListener(linkListener);
+
+        eventExecutor.shutdownNow();
+        eventExecutor = null;
+
+        kafkaProducer.stop();
+
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    private class InternalDeviceListener implements DeviceListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(DeviceEvent event) {
+
+            if (!eventSubscriptionService.getEventSubscribers(DEVICE).isEmpty()) {
+                OnosEvent onosEvent = eventConversionService.convertEvent(event);
+                eventExecutor.execute(() -> {
+                    try {
+                        kafkaProducer.send(new ProducerRecord<>(DEVICE.toString(),
+                                                               onosEvent.subject().toByteArray())).get();
+
+                        log.debug("Event Type - {}, Subject {} sent successfully.",
+                                  DEVICE, onosEvent.subject());
+
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e1) {
+                        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                    } catch (ExecutionException e2) {
+                        log.error("Exception thrown {}", e2);
+                    }
+                });
+            } else {
+                log.debug("No device listeners");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class InternalLinkListener implements LinkListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(LinkEvent event) {
+
+            if (!eventSubscriptionService.getEventSubscribers(LINK).isEmpty()) {
+                OnosEvent onosEvent = eventConversionService.convertEvent(event);
+                eventExecutor.execute(() -> {
+                    try {
+                        kafkaProducer.send(new ProducerRecord<>(LINK.toString(),
+                                onosEvent.subject().toByteArray())).get();
+
+                        log.debug("Event Type - {}, Subject {} sent successfully.",
+                              LINK, onosEvent.subject());
+
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e1) {
+                        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                    } catch (ExecutionException e2) {
+                        log.error("Exception thrown {}", e2);
+                    }
+                });
+            } else {
+                log.debug("No link listeners");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}