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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.flow;
+
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of an operation on a flow rule table.
+ */
+public class FlowRuleOperation {
+
+    /**
+     * Type of flow table operations.
+     */
+    public enum Type {
+        ADD,
+        MODIFY,
+        REMOVE
+    }
+
+    private final FlowRule rule;
+    private final Type type;
+
+    public FlowRuleOperation(FlowRule rule, Type type) {
+        this.rule = rule;
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the type of operation.
+     *
+     * @return type
+     */
+    public Type type() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the flow rule.
+     *
+     * @return flow rule
+     */
+    public FlowRule rule() {
+        return rule;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(this)
+                .add("rule", rule)
+                .add("type", type)
+                .toString();
+    }
+}