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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.openstacktelemetry.codec.rest;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.openstacktelemetry.api.DefaultTelemetryConfig;
+import org.onosproject.openstacktelemetry.api.config.TelemetryConfig;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsIllegal;
+
+/**
+ * Openstack telemetry config codec used for serializing and de-serializing JSON string.
+ */
+public final class TelemetryConfigJsonCodec extends JsonCodec<TelemetryConfig> {
+
+    private static final String NAME = "name";
+    private static final String TYPE = "type";
+    private static final String MANUFACTURER = "manufacturer";
+    private static final String SW_VERSION = "swVersion";
+    private static final String ENABLED = "enabled";
+    private static final String PROPS = "props";
+    private static final String KEY = "key";
+    private static final String VALUE = "value";
+
+    private static final String MISSING_MESSAGE = " is required in TelemetryConfig";
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(TelemetryConfig config, CodecContext context) {
+        checkNotNull(config, "TelemetryConfig cannot be null");
+
+        ObjectNode node = context.mapper().createObjectNode()
+                .put(NAME, config.name())
+                .put(TYPE, config.type().name())
+                .put(MANUFACTURER, config.manufacturer())
+                .put(SW_VERSION, config.swVersion())
+                .put(ENABLED, config.enabled());
+
+        Map<String, String> props = config.properties();
+        ArrayNode propsJson = context.mapper().createArrayNode();
+        props.forEach((k, v) -> {
+            ObjectNode propNode = context.mapper().createObjectNode();
+            propNode.put(KEY, k);
+            propNode.put(VALUE, v);
+            propsJson.add(propNode);
+        });
+        node.set(PROPS, propsJson);
+        return node;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TelemetryConfig decode(ObjectNode json, CodecContext context) {
+        if (json == null || !json.isObject()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // parse name
+        String name = nullIsIllegal(json.get(NAME),
+                NAME + MISSING_MESSAGE).asText();
+
+        // parse type
+        String type = nullIsIllegal(json.get(TYPE),
+                TYPE + MISSING_MESSAGE).asText();
+
+        TelemetryConfig.ConfigType configType = configType(type);
+
+        // parse manufacturer
+        String manufacturer = nullIsIllegal(json.get(MANUFACTURER).asText(),
+                MANUFACTURER + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+
+        // parse software version
+        String swVersion = nullIsIllegal(json.get(SW_VERSION),
+                SW_VERSION + MISSING_MESSAGE).asText();
+
+        // parse enabled flag
+        boolean enabled = nullIsIllegal(json.get(ENABLED),
+                ENABLED + MISSING_MESSAGE).asBoolean();
+
+        JsonNode propertiesJson = json.get(PROPS);
+        Map<String, String> properties = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
+        if (propertiesJson != null) {
+            IntStream.range(0, propertiesJson.size()).forEach(i -> {
+                ObjectNode propertyJson = get(propertiesJson, i);
+                properties.put(propertyJson.get(KEY).asText(),
+                        propertyJson.get(VALUE).asText());
+            });
+        }
+
+        return new DefaultTelemetryConfig(name, configType,
+                ImmutableList.of(), manufacturer, swVersion, enabled, properties);
+    }
+
+    private TelemetryConfig.ConfigType configType(String type) {
+        switch (type.toUpperCase()) {
+            case "KAFKA" :
+                return TelemetryConfig.ConfigType.KAFKA;
+            case "GRPC" :
+                return TelemetryConfig.ConfigType.GRPC;
+            case "INFLUXDB" :
+                return TelemetryConfig.ConfigType.INFLUXDB;
+            case "PROMETHEUS" :
+                return TelemetryConfig.ConfigType.PROMETHEUS;
+            case "REST" :
+                return TelemetryConfig.ConfigType.REST;
+            default:
+                return TelemetryConfig.ConfigType.UNKNOWN;
+        }
+    }
+}