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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.service;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.onosproject.store.Timestamp;
+
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+import com.google.common.collect.ComparisonChain;
+
+/**
+ * A Timestamp that derives its value from the prevailing
+ * wallclock time on the controller where it is generated.
+ */
+public class WallClockTimestamp implements Timestamp {
+
+    private final long unixTimestamp;
+
+    public WallClockTimestamp() {
+        unixTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    }
+
+    public WallClockTimestamp(long timestamp) {
+        unixTimestamp = timestamp;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(Timestamp o) {
+        checkArgument(o instanceof WallClockTimestamp,
+                "Must be WallClockTimestamp", o);
+        WallClockTimestamp that = (WallClockTimestamp) o;
+
+        return ComparisonChain.start()
+                .compare(this.unixTimestamp, that.unixTimestamp)
+                .result();
+    }
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(unixTimestamp);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!(obj instanceof WallClockTimestamp)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        WallClockTimestamp that = (WallClockTimestamp) obj;
+        return Objects.equals(this.unixTimestamp, that.unixTimestamp);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
+                    .add("unixTimestamp", unixTimestamp)
+                    .toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the unixTimestamp.
+     *
+     * @return unix timestamp
+     */
+    public long unixTimestamp() {
+        return unixTimestamp;
+    }
+}