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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 java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.onosproject.cluster.Leadership;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
+
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+
+import io.atomix.catalyst.buffer.BufferInput;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.buffer.BufferOutput;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.serializer.CatalystSerializable;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.serializer.Serializer;
+import io.atomix.catalyst.util.Assert;
+import io.atomix.copycat.client.Command;
+import io.atomix.copycat.client.Query;
+
+/**
+ * {@link AtomixLeaderElector} resource state machine operations.
+ */
+public final class AtomixLeaderElectorCommands {
+
+    private AtomixLeaderElectorCommands() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Abstract election query.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    public abstract static class ElectionQuery<V> implements Query<V>, CatalystSerializable {
+
+        @Override
+        public ConsistencyLevel consistency() {
+            return ConsistencyLevel.BOUNDED_LINEARIZABLE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeObject(BufferOutput<?> buffer, Serializer serializer) {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readObject(BufferInput<?> buffer, Serializer serializer) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Abstract election topic query.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    public abstract static class TopicQuery<V> extends ElectionQuery<V> implements CatalystSerializable {
+        String topic;
+
+        public TopicQuery() {
+        }
+
+        public TopicQuery(String topic) {
+          this.topic = Assert.notNull(topic, "topic");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the topic.
+         * @return topic
+         */
+        public String topic() {
+          return topic;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeObject(BufferOutput<?> buffer, Serializer serializer) {
+            serializer.writeObject(topic, buffer);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readObject(BufferInput<?> buffer, Serializer serializer) {
+          topic = serializer.readObject(buffer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Abstract election command.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    public abstract static class ElectionCommand<V> implements Command<V>, CatalystSerializable {
+
+        @Override
+        public ConsistencyLevel consistency() {
+            return ConsistencyLevel.LINEARIZABLE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void writeObject(BufferOutput<?> buffer, Serializer serializer) {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void readObject(BufferInput<?> buffer, Serializer serializer) {
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Listen command.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    public static class Listen extends ElectionCommand<Void> {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Unlisten command.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    public static class Unlisten extends ElectionCommand<Void> {
+
+        @Override
+        public CompactionMode compaction() {
+            return CompactionMode.QUORUM;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * GetLeader query.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    public static class GetLeadership extends TopicQuery<Leadership> {
+
+        public GetLeadership() {
+        }
+
+        public GetLeadership(String topic) {
+            super(topic);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
+                    .add("topic", topic)
+                    .toString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * GetAllLeaders query.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    public static class GetAllLeaderships extends ElectionQuery<Map<String, Leadership>> {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * GetElectedTopics query.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    public static class GetElectedTopics extends ElectionQuery<Set<String>> {
+        private NodeId nodeId;
+
+        public GetElectedTopics() {
+        }
+
+        public GetElectedTopics(NodeId nodeId) {
+            this.nodeId = Assert.argNot(nodeId, nodeId == null, "nodeId cannot be null");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the nodeId to check.
+         *
+         * @return The nodeId to check.
+         */
+        public NodeId nodeId() {
+            return nodeId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
+                    .add("nodeId", nodeId)
+                    .toString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Enter and run for leadership.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    public static class Run extends ElectionCommand<Leadership> {
+        private String topic;
+        private NodeId nodeId;
+
+        public Run() {
+        }
+
+        public Run(String topic, NodeId nodeId) {
+            this.topic = Assert.argNot(topic, Strings.isNullOrEmpty(topic), "topic cannot be null or empty");
+            this.nodeId = Assert.argNot(nodeId, nodeId == null, "nodeId cannot be null");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the topic.
+         *
+         * @return topic
+         */
+        public String topic() {
+            return topic;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the nodeId.
+         *
+         * @return the nodeId
+         */
+        public NodeId nodeId() {
+            return nodeId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
+                    .add("topic", topic)
+                    .add("nodeId", nodeId)
+                    .toString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Withdraw from a leadership contest.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    public static class Withdraw extends ElectionCommand<Void> {
+        private String topic;
+
+        public Withdraw() {
+        }
+
+        public Withdraw(String topic) {
+            this.topic = Assert.argNot(topic, Strings.isNullOrEmpty(topic), "topic cannot be null or empty");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the topic.
+         *
+         * @return The topic
+         */
+        public String topic() {
+            return topic;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
+                    .add("topic", topic)
+                    .toString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Command for administratively anointing a node as leader.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    public static class Anoint extends ElectionCommand<Boolean> {
+        private String topic;
+        private NodeId nodeId;
+
+        public Anoint() {
+        }
+
+        public Anoint(String topic, NodeId nodeId) {
+            this.topic = topic;
+            this.nodeId = nodeId;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the topic.
+         *
+         * @return The topic
+         */
+        public String topic() {
+            return topic;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the nodeId to make leader.
+         *
+         * @return The nodeId
+         */
+        public NodeId nodeId() {
+            return nodeId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
+                    .add("topic", topic)
+                    .add("nodeId", nodeId)
+                    .toString();
+        }
+    }
+}