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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.bgp.controller.impl;
+
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.bgp.controller.BgpController;
+import org.onosproject.bgp.controller.BgpPeer;
+import org.onosproject.bgp.controller.BgpSessionInfo;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.protocol.BgpFactories;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.protocol.BgpFactory;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.protocol.BgpMessage;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+
+/**
+ * BGPPeerImpl implements BGPPeer, maintains peer information and store updates in RIB .
+ */
+public class BgpPeerImpl implements BgpPeer {
+
+    protected final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BgpPeerImpl.class);
+
+    private static final String SHUTDOWN_MSG = "Worker has already been shutdown";
+
+    private BgpController bgpController;
+    private Channel channel;
+    protected String channelId;
+    private boolean connected;
+    protected boolean isHandShakeComplete = false;
+    private BgpSessionInfo sessionInfo;
+    private BgpPacketStatsImpl pktStats;
+
+
+    @Override
+    public BgpSessionInfo sessionInfo() {
+        return sessionInfo;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize peer.
+     *
+     *@param bgpController controller instance
+     *@param sessionInfo bgp session info
+     *@param pktStats packet statistics
+     */
+    public BgpPeerImpl(BgpController bgpController, BgpSessionInfo sessionInfo, BgpPacketStatsImpl pktStats) {
+        this.bgpController = bgpController;
+        this.sessionInfo = sessionInfo;
+        this.pktStats = pktStats;
+    }
+
+    // ************************
+    // Channel related
+    // ************************
+
+    @Override
+    public final void disconnectPeer() {
+        this.channel.close();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void sendMessage(BgpMessage m) {
+        log.debug("Sending message to {}", channel.getRemoteAddress());
+        try {
+            channel.write(Collections.singletonList(m));
+            this.pktStats.addOutPacket();
+        } catch (RejectedExecutionException e) {
+            log.warn(e.getMessage());
+            if (!e.getMessage().contains(SHUTDOWN_MSG)) {
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void sendMessage(List<BgpMessage> msgs) {
+        try {
+            channel.write(msgs);
+            this.pktStats.addOutPacket(msgs.size());
+        } catch (RejectedExecutionException e) {
+            log.warn(e.getMessage());
+            if (!e.getMessage().contains(SHUTDOWN_MSG)) {
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isConnected() {
+        return this.connected;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void setConnected(boolean connected) {
+        this.connected = connected;
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public final void setChannel(Channel channel) {
+        this.channel = channel;
+        final SocketAddress address = channel.getRemoteAddress();
+        if (address instanceof InetSocketAddress) {
+            final InetSocketAddress inetAddress = (InetSocketAddress) address;
+            final IpAddress ipAddress = IpAddress.valueOf(inetAddress.getAddress());
+            if (ipAddress.isIp4()) {
+                channelId = ipAddress.toString() + ':' + inetAddress.getPort();
+            } else {
+                channelId = '[' + ipAddress.toString() + "]:" + inetAddress.getPort();
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public final Channel getChannel() {
+        return this.channel;
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public String channelId() {
+        return channelId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BgpFactory factory() {
+        return BgpFactories.getFactory(sessionInfo.remoteBgpVersion());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isHandshakeComplete() {
+        return isHandShakeComplete;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass()).omitNullValues()
+                                       .add("channel", channelId())
+                                       .add("bgpId", sessionInfo().remoteBgpId()).toString();
+    }
+}