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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.ovsdb.controller;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+
+/**
+ * The class representing a OpenStack Compute or Network nodeId. This class is
+ * immutable.
+ */
+public final class OvsdbNodeId {
+    private static final String SCHEME = "ovsdb";
+    private final String nodeId;
+    private final String ipAddress;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new node identifier from a IpAddress ipAddress, a long port.
+     *
+     * @param ipAddress node IP address
+     * @param port node port
+     */
+    public OvsdbNodeId(IpAddress ipAddress, long port) {
+        checkNotNull(ipAddress, "ipAddress is not null");
+        this.ipAddress = ipAddress.toString();
+        this.nodeId = ipAddress + ":" + port;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(nodeId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object other) {
+        if (!(other instanceof OvsdbNodeId)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        OvsdbNodeId otherNodeId = (OvsdbNodeId) other;
+
+        return Objects.equals(otherNodeId.nodeId, this.nodeId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return SCHEME + ":" + nodeId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the value of the NodeId.
+     *
+     * @return the value of the NodeId.
+     */
+    public String nodeId() {
+        return SCHEME + ":" + nodeId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the IP address of the node.
+     *
+     * @return the IP address of the node
+     */
+    public String getIpAddress() {
+        return ipAddress;
+    }
+}