Implemented a PartitionManager to keep track of partitions
assigned to instances.

Also updated GossipIntentStore a little to the new API. This work is not
yet complete.

Change-Id: I64d1779b669de51c35da686b65006a80ac4819b0
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/PartitionId.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/PartitionId.java
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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.store.intent.impl;
+
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Identifies a partition of the intent keyspace which will be assigned to and
+ * processed by a single ONOS instance at a time.
+ */
+public class PartitionId {
+    private final int id;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new partition ID.
+     *
+     * @param id the partition ID
+     */
+    PartitionId(int id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (!(o instanceof PartitionId)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        PartitionId that = (PartitionId) o;
+        return Objects.equals(this.id, that.id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
+                .add("partition ID", id)
+                .toString();
+    }
+}