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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 org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.ExternalResourceReleasable;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.HashedWheelTimer;
+import org.jboss.netty.util.Timer;
+import org.onosproject.bgp.controller.BgpController;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a ChannelPipeline for a server-side bgp channel.
+ */
+public class BgpPipelineFactory
+    implements ChannelPipelineFactory, ExternalResourceReleasable {
+
+    static final Timer TIMER = new HashedWheelTimer();
+    protected ReadTimeoutHandler readTimeoutHandler;
+    private boolean isBgpServ;
+    private BgpController bgpController;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor to initialize the values.
+     *
+     * @param bgpController parent controller
+     * @param isBgpServ if it is a server or remote peer
+     */
+    public BgpPipelineFactory(BgpController bgpController, boolean isBgpServ) {
+        super();
+        this.isBgpServ = isBgpServ;
+        this.bgpController = bgpController;
+        /* hold time */
+        this.readTimeoutHandler = new ReadTimeoutHandler(TIMER, bgpController.getConfig().getHoldTime());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ChannelPipeline getPipeline() throws Exception {
+        BgpChannelHandler handler = new BgpChannelHandler(bgpController);
+
+        ChannelPipeline pipeline = Channels.pipeline();
+        pipeline.addLast("bgpmessagedecoder", new BgpMessageDecoder());
+        pipeline.addLast("bgpmessageencoder", new BgpMessageEncoder());
+        pipeline.addLast("holdTime", readTimeoutHandler);
+        if (isBgpServ) {
+            pipeline.addLast("PassiveHandler", handler);
+        } else {
+            pipeline.addLast("ActiveHandler", handler);
+        }
+
+        return pipeline;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void releaseExternalResources() {
+        TIMER.stop();
+    }
+}
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