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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.onlab.onos.net.device.DeviceService;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.Topology;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.TopologyEdge;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.TopologyEvent;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.TopologyGraph;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.TopologyListener;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.TopologyService;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.topology.TopologyVertex;
+import org.onlab.osgi.ServiceDirectory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Web socket capable of interacting with the GUI topology view.
+ */
+public class TopologyWebSocket implements WebSocket.OnTextMessage, TopologyListener {
+
+    private final ServiceDirectory directory;
+    private final TopologyService topologyService;
+    private final DeviceService deviceService;
+
+    private Connection connection;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new web-socket for serving data to GUI topology view.
+     *
+     * @param directory service directory
+     */
+    public TopologyWebSocket(ServiceDirectory directory) {
+        this.directory = directory;
+        topologyService = directory.get(TopologyService.class);
+        deviceService = directory.get(DeviceService.class);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onOpen(Connection connection) {
+        this.connection = connection;
+
+        // Register for topology events...
+        if (topologyService != null && deviceService != null) {
+            topologyService.addListener(this);
+
+            sendMessage("Yo!!!");
+
+            Topology topology = topologyService.currentTopology();
+            TopologyGraph graph = topologyService.getGraph(topology);
+            for (TopologyVertex vertex : graph.getVertexes()) {
+                sendMessage(deviceService.getDevice(vertex.deviceId()).toString());
+            }
+
+            for (TopologyEdge edge : graph.getEdges()) {
+                sendMessage(edge.link().toString());
+            }
+
+            sendMessage("That's what we're starting with...");
+
+        } else {
+            sendMessage("No topology service!!!");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onClose(int closeCode, String message) {
+        TopologyService topologyService = directory.get(TopologyService.class);
+        if (topologyService != null) {
+            topologyService.removeListener(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onMessage(String data) {
+        System.out.println("Received: " + data);
+    }
+
+    public void sendMessage(String data) {
+        try {
+            connection.sendMessage(data);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void event(TopologyEvent event) {
+        sendMessage(event.toString());
+    }
+}
+