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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.onlab.onos.gui;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.WebSocket;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.WebSocketServlet;
+import org.onlab.osgi.DefaultServiceDirectory;
+import org.onlab.osgi.ServiceDirectory;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Web socket servlet capable of creating various sockets for the user interface.
+ */
+public class GuiWebSocketServlet extends WebSocketServlet {
+
+    private ServiceDirectory directory = new DefaultServiceDirectory();
+
+    @Override
+    public WebSocket doWebSocketConnect(HttpServletRequest request, String protocol) {
+
+        return new TopologyWebSocket(directory);
+    }
+
+}