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+package org.onlab.onos.metrics.topology.cli;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.Gauge;
+import com.codahale.metrics.Meter;
+import com.codahale.metrics.json.MetricsModule;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onlab.onos.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onlab.onos.metrics.topology.TopologyMetricsService;
+
+/**
+ * Command to show the topology events metrics.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "topology-events-metrics",
+         description = "Lists topology events metrics")
+public class TopologyEventsMetricsCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    private static final String FORMAT_GAUGE =
+        "Last Topology Event Timestamp (ms from epoch)=%d";
+    private static final String FORMAT_METER =
+        "Topology Events count=%d rate(events/sec) mean=%f m1=%f m5=%f m15=%f";
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        TopologyMetricsService service = get(TopologyMetricsService.class);
+        Gauge<Long> gauge = service.lastEventTimestampEpochMsGauge();
+        Meter meter = service.eventRateMeter();
+
+        if (outputJson()) {
+            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper()
+                .registerModule(new MetricsModule(TimeUnit.SECONDS,
+                                                  TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
+                                                  false));
+            ObjectNode result = mapper.createObjectNode();
+            try {
+                //
+                // NOTE: The API for custom serializers is incomplete,
+                // hence we have to parse the JSON string to create JsonNode.
+                //
+                final String gaugeJson = mapper.writeValueAsString(gauge);
+                final String meterJson = mapper.writeValueAsString(meter);
+                JsonNode gaugeNode = mapper.readTree(gaugeJson);
+                JsonNode meterNode = mapper.readTree(meterJson);
+                result.put("lastTopologyEventTimestamp", gaugeNode);
+                result.put("listenerEventRate", meterNode);
+            } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+                log.error("Error writing value as JSON string", e);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Error writing value as JSON string", e);
+            }
+            print("%s", result);
+        } else {
+            TimeUnit rateUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS;
+            double rateFactor = rateUnit.toSeconds(1);
+            print(FORMAT_GAUGE, gauge.getValue());
+            print(FORMAT_METER, meter.getCount(),
+                  meter.getMeanRate() * rateFactor,
+                  meter.getOneMinuteRate() * rateFactor,
+                  meter.getFiveMinuteRate() * rateFactor,
+                  meter.getFifteenMinuteRate() * rateFactor);
+        }
+    }
+}