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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.onlab.packet.lacp;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * LACP state.
+ */
+public class LacpState {
+    private static final byte MASK_ACTIVE = 0x1;
+    private static final byte MASK_TIMEOUT = 0x2;
+    private static final byte MASK_AGG = 0x4;
+    private static final byte MASK_SYNC = 0x8;
+    private static final byte MASK_COLLECTING = 0x10;
+    private static final byte MASK_DISTRIBUTING = 0x20;
+    private static final byte MASK_DEFAULT = 0x40;
+    private static final byte MASK_EXPIRED = (byte) 0x80;
+
+    private byte state;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs LACP state with zero value.
+     */
+    public LacpState() {
+        this.state = 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs LACP state with given value.
+     *
+     * @param state state in byte.
+     */
+    public LacpState(byte state) {
+        this.state = state;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets LACP state in byte.
+     *
+     * @return LACP state
+     */
+    public byte toByte() {
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this state has the active flag set.
+     *
+     * @return true if this state has the active flag set.
+     */
+    public boolean isActive() {
+        return (state & MASK_ACTIVE) != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets active bit.
+     *
+     * @param value desired value
+     * @return this
+     */
+    public LacpState setActive(boolean value) {
+        setBit(MASK_ACTIVE, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this state has the timeout flag set. Timeout flag indicates short timeout if set.
+     *
+     * @return true if this state has the timeout flag set.
+     */
+    public boolean isTimeout() {
+        return (state & MASK_TIMEOUT) != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets timeout bit.
+     *
+     * @param value desired value
+     * @return this
+     */
+    public LacpState setTimeout(boolean value) {
+        setBit(MASK_TIMEOUT, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this state has the aggregatable flag set.
+     *
+     * @return true if this state has the aggregatable flag set.
+     */
+    public boolean isAggregatable() {
+        return (state & MASK_AGG) != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets aggregatable bit.
+     *
+     * @param value desired value
+     * @return this
+     */
+    public LacpState setAggregatable(boolean value) {
+        setBit(MASK_AGG, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this state has the synchronization flag set.
+     *
+     * @return true if this state has the synchronization flag set.
+     */
+    public boolean isSync() {
+        return (state & MASK_SYNC) != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets sync bit.
+     *
+     * @param value desired value
+     * @return this
+     */
+    public LacpState setSync(boolean value) {
+        setBit(MASK_SYNC, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this state has the collecting flag set.
+     *
+     * @return true if this state has the collecting flag set.
+     */
+    public boolean isCollecting() {
+        return (state & MASK_COLLECTING) != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets collecting bit.
+     *
+     * @param value desired value
+     * @return this
+     */
+    public LacpState setCollecting(boolean value) {
+        setBit(MASK_COLLECTING, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this state has the distributing flag set.
+     *
+     * @return true if this state has the distributing flag set.
+     */
+    public boolean isDistributing() {
+        return (state & MASK_DISTRIBUTING) != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets distributing bit.
+     *
+     * @param value desired value
+     * @return this
+     */
+    public LacpState setDistributing(boolean value) {
+        setBit(MASK_DISTRIBUTING, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this state has the default flag set.
+     *
+     * @return true if this state has the default flag set.
+     */
+    public boolean isDefault() {
+        return (state & MASK_DEFAULT) != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets default bit.
+     *
+     * @param value desired value
+     * @return this
+     */
+    public LacpState setDefault(boolean value) {
+        setBit(MASK_DEFAULT, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this state has the expired flag set.
+     *
+     * @return true if this state has the expired flag set.
+     */
+    public boolean isExpired() {
+        return (state & MASK_EXPIRED) != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets expired bit.
+     *
+     * @param value desired value
+     * @return this
+     */
+    public LacpState setExpired(boolean value) {
+        setBit(MASK_EXPIRED, value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the bit masked by given mask in the state to desired value.
+     *
+     * @param mask bit to mask
+     * @param value desire value
+     */
+    private void setBit(byte mask, boolean value) {
+        state = (byte) (value ? state | mask : state & ~mask);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!(obj instanceof LacpState)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        final LacpState other = (LacpState) obj;
+
+        return this.state == other.state;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(state);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("{ ");
+        if (isActive()) {
+            builder.append("ACT ");
+        }
+        if (isTimeout()) {
+            builder.append("STO ");
+        }
+        if (isAggregatable()) {
+            builder.append("AGG ");
+        }
+        if (isSync()) {
+            builder.append("SYN ");
+        }
+        if (isCollecting()) {
+            builder.append("COL ");
+        }
+        if (isDistributing()) {
+            builder.append("DIS ");
+        }
+        if (isDefault()) {
+            builder.append("DEF ");
+        }
+        if (isExpired()) {
+            builder.append("EXP ");
+        }
+        builder.append("}");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+}