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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.store.primitives.resources.impl;
+
+import io.atomix.catalyst.util.Listener;
+import io.atomix.copycat.client.CopycatClient;
+import io.atomix.resource.Consistency;
+import io.atomix.resource.Resource;
+import io.atomix.resource.ResourceTypeInfo;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+import org.onosproject.cluster.Leadership;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
+import org.onosproject.event.Change;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncLeaderElector;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+
+/**
+ * Distributed resource providing the {@link AsyncLeaderElector} primitive.
+ */
+@ResourceTypeInfo(id = -152, stateMachine = AtomixLeaderElectorState.class)
+public class AtomixLeaderElector
+    extends Resource<AtomixLeaderElector, Resource.Options> implements AsyncLeaderElector {
+    private final Set<Consumer<Change<Leadership>>> leadershipChangeListeners =
+            Sets.newConcurrentHashSet();
+
+    private Listener<Change<Leadership>> listener;
+
+    public AtomixLeaderElector(CopycatClient client, Resource.Options options) {
+        super(client, options);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String name() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<AtomixLeaderElector> open() {
+        return super.open().thenApply(result -> {
+            client.session().onEvent("change", this::handleEvent);
+            return result;
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void handleEvent(Change<Leadership> change) {
+        leadershipChangeListeners.forEach(l -> l.accept(change));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AtomixLeaderElector with(Consistency consistency) {
+        super.with(consistency);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Leadership> run(String topic, NodeId nodeId) {
+        return submit(new AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.Run(topic, nodeId));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Void> withdraw(String topic) {
+        return submit(new AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.Withdraw(topic));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Boolean> anoint(String topic, NodeId nodeId) {
+        return submit(new AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.Anoint(topic, nodeId));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Leadership> getLeadership(String topic) {
+        return submit(new AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.GetLeadership(topic));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Map<String, Leadership>> getLeaderships() {
+        return submit(new AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.GetAllLeaderships());
+    }
+
+    public CompletableFuture<Set<String>> getElectedTopics(NodeId nodeId) {
+        return submit(new AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.GetElectedTopics(nodeId));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Leadership change listener context.
+     */
+    private final class LeadershipChangeListener implements Listener<Change<Leadership>> {
+        private final Consumer<Change<Leadership>> listener;
+
+        private LeadershipChangeListener(Consumer<Change<Leadership>> listener) {
+            this.listener = listener;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void accept(Change<Leadership> change) {
+            listener.accept(change);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() {
+            synchronized (AtomixLeaderElector.this) {
+                submit(new AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.Unlisten());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Void> addChangeListener(Consumer<Change<Leadership>> consumer) {
+        leadershipChangeListeners.add(consumer);
+        return setupListener();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Void> removeChangeListener(Consumer<Change<Leadership>> consumer) {
+        leadershipChangeListeners.remove(consumer);
+        return teardownListener();
+    }
+
+    private CompletableFuture<Void> setupListener() {
+        if (listener == null && !leadershipChangeListeners.isEmpty()) {
+            Consumer<Change<Leadership>> changeConsumer = change -> {
+                leadershipChangeListeners.forEach(consumer -> consumer.accept(change));
+            };
+            return submit(new AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.Listen())
+                    .thenAccept(v -> listener = new LeadershipChangeListener(changeConsumer));
+        }
+        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+    }
+
+    private CompletableFuture<Void> teardownListener() {
+        if (listener != null && leadershipChangeListeners.isEmpty()) {
+            listener.close();
+            listener = null;
+            return submit(new AtomixLeaderElectorCommands.Unlisten());
+        }
+        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+    }
+}