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+/**
+ *    Copyright 2011, Big Switch Networks, Inc.
+ *    Originally created by David Erickson, Stanford University
+ *
+ *    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.of.controller.impl;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.oneone.OneToOneEncoder;
+import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFMessage;
+
+
+/**
+ * Encode an openflow message for output into a ChannelBuffer, for use in a
+ * netty pipeline.
+ */
+public class OFMessageEncoder extends OneToOneEncoder {
+
+    @Override
+    protected Object encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Channel channel,
+                            Object msg) throws Exception {
+        if (!(msg instanceof List)) {
+            return msg;
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        List<OFMessage> msglist = (List<OFMessage>) msg;
+        /* XXX S can't get length of OFMessage in loxigen's openflowj??
+        int size = 0;
+        for (OFMessage ofm : msglist) {
+            size += ofm.getLengthU();
+        }*/
+
+        ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+
+        for (OFMessage ofm : msglist) {
+            ofm.writeTo(buf);
+        }
+        return buf;
+    }
+
+}