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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-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.lisp.msg.types;
+
+/**
+ * Address Family Identifier (AFI) Enumeration class.
+ *
+ * An enumeration of AFIs defined by iana.
+ * Now, we only declare 10 enums, more enums will be declared later on.
+ *
+ * http://www.iana.org/assignments/address-family-numbers/address-family-numbers.xhtml
+ */
+public enum AddressFamilyIdentifierEnum {
+
+    NO_ADDRESS(0), IP(1), IP6(2), DNS(16), DISTINGUISHED_NAME(17), AS(18), LCAF(16387),
+    MAC(16389), OUI(16391), UNKNOWN(-1);
+
+    private short ianaCode;
+
+    AddressFamilyIdentifierEnum(int ianaCode) {
+        this.ianaCode = (short) ianaCode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Obtains iana code value.
+     *
+     * @return iana code value
+     */
+    public short getIanaCode() {
+        return ianaCode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Obtains AFI enum by providing iana code value.
+     *
+     * @param ianaCode iana code value
+     * @return AFI enum
+     */
+    public static AddressFamilyIdentifierEnum valueOf(short ianaCode) {
+        for (AddressFamilyIdentifierEnum val : values()) {
+            if (val.getIanaCode() == ianaCode) {
+                return val;
+            }
+        }
+        return UNKNOWN;
+    }
+}