Resource group to share resources between intents

Change-Id: I5bf7d4261197449924d07dabac841cf8ccbe9389
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/ResourceGroup.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/ResourceGroup.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-present 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.net;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.hash.HashFunction;
+import com.google.common.hash.Hashing;
+import org.onlab.util.Identifier;
+import org.onosproject.net.resource.ResourceConsumer;
+import org.onosproject.net.resource.ResourceConsumerId;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+/**
+ * Intent identifier suitable as an external key.
+ * <p>This class is immutable.</p>
+ */
+@Beta
+public final class ResourceGroup extends Identifier<Long> implements ResourceConsumer {
+
+    private static final String HEX_PREFIX = "0x";
+    private static final HashFunction HASH_FN = Hashing.md5();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a resource group identifier from the specified long
+     * representation.
+     *
+     * @param value long value
+     * @return resource group identifier
+     */
+    public static ResourceGroup of(long value) {
+        return new ResourceGroup(value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a resource group identifier from the specified string
+     * representation.
+     * Warning: it is caller responsibility to make sure the hashed value of
+     * {@code value} is unique.
+     *
+     * @param value string value
+     * @return resource group identifier
+     */
+    public static ResourceGroup of(String value) {
+        return new ResourceGroup(HASH_FN.newHasher()
+                                        .putString(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+                                        .hash()
+                                        .asLong());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for serializer.
+     */
+    protected ResourceGroup() {
+        super(0L);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the ID corresponding to a given long value.
+     *
+     * @param value the underlying value of this ID
+     */
+    protected ResourceGroup(long value) {
+        super(value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the backing value.
+     *
+     * @return the value
+     */
+    public long fingerprint() {
+        return identifier;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return HEX_PREFIX + Long.toHexString(identifier);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ResourceConsumerId consumerId() {
+        return ResourceConsumerId.of(this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return super.hashCode();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        final ResourceGroup other = (ResourceGroup) obj;
+        if (this.fingerprint() != other.fingerprint()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}