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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 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.drivers.oplink;
+
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalConfiguration;
+import org.onosproject.drivers.utilities.XmlConfigParser;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.DriverHandler;
+import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfController;
+import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfException;
+import org.onosproject.netconf.NetconfSession;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Netconf utility for oplink netconf drivers.
+ */
+public final class OplinkNetconfUtility {
+
+    // public used nodes
+    public static final String CFG_TAR_RUNNING = "running";
+    public static final String CFG_MODE_MERGE = "merge";
+    public static final String CFG_MODE_REMOVE = "remove";
+    public static final String KEY_XMLNS = "xmlns=\"http://com/att/device\"";
+    public static final String KEY_DATA = "data";
+    public static final String KEY_OPENOPTICALDEV = "open-optical-device";
+    public static final String KEY_CONNS = "connections";
+    public static final String KEY_CONNID = "connection-id";
+    public static final String KEY_PORTS = "ports";
+    public static final String KEY_PORTID = "port-id";
+    public static final String KEY_PORT = "port";
+    public static final String KEY_PORTDIRECT = "port-direction";
+    public static final String KEY_CHATT = "attenuation";
+    public static final String KEY_DATA_CONNS = String.format("%s.%s.%s", KEY_DATA, KEY_OPENOPTICALDEV, KEY_CONNS);
+    public static final String KEY_DATA_PORTS = String.format("%s.%s.%s", KEY_DATA, KEY_OPENOPTICALDEV, KEY_PORTS);
+    public static final String KEY_OPENOPTICALDEV_XMLNS = String.format("%s %s", KEY_OPENOPTICALDEV, KEY_XMLNS);
+
+    private OplinkNetconfUtility() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves session reply information for get config operation.
+     *
+     * @param handler parent driver handler
+     * @param filter the filter string of xml content
+     * @return the reply string
+     */
+    public static String netconfGetConfig(DriverHandler handler, String filter) {
+        NetconfController controller = checkNotNull(handler.get(NetconfController.class));
+        NetconfSession session = controller.getNetconfDevice(handler.data().deviceId()).getSession();
+        String reply;
+        try {
+            reply = session.getConfig(CFG_TAR_RUNNING, filter);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(new NetconfException("Failed to retrieve configuration.", e));
+        }
+        return reply;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves session reply information for edit config operation.
+     *
+     * @param handler parent driver handler
+     * @param mode selected mode to change the configuration
+     * @param cfg the new configuration to be set
+     * @return the reply string
+     */
+    public static boolean netconfEditConfig(DriverHandler handler, String mode, String cfg) {
+        NetconfController controller = checkNotNull(handler.get(NetconfController.class));
+        NetconfSession session = controller.getNetconfDevice(handler.data().deviceId()).getSession();
+        boolean reply = false;
+        try {
+            reply = session.editConfig(CFG_TAR_RUNNING, mode, cfg);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(new NetconfException("Failed to edit configuration.", e));
+        }
+        return reply;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves specified node hierarchical configuration from the xml information.
+     *
+     * @param content the xml information
+     * @param key the configuration key node
+     * @return the hierarchical configuration
+     */
+    public static HierarchicalConfiguration configAt(String content, String key) {
+        HierarchicalConfiguration cfg = XmlConfigParser.loadXmlString(content);
+        HierarchicalConfiguration info;
+        try {
+            info = cfg.configurationAt(key);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // Accept null for information polling
+            return null;
+        }
+        return info;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Makes a xml format sentence.
+     *
+     * @param node the node name
+     * @param content the node content
+     * @return the xml format sentence
+     */
+    public static String xml(String node, String content) {
+        return String.format("<%s>%s</%s>", node, content, node);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Makes a xml format open tag.
+     *
+     * @param node the node name
+     * @return the xml head format string
+     */
+    public static String xmlOpen(String node) {
+        return String.format("<%s>", node);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Makes a xml format close tag.
+     *
+     * @param node the node name
+     * @return the xml end format string
+     */
+    public static String xmlClose(String node) {
+        return String.format("</%s>", node);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Makes a xml format empty tag.
+     *
+     * @param node the node name
+     * @return the xml format of empty tag
+     */
+    public static String xmlEmpty(String node) {
+        return String.format("<%s/>", node);
+    }
+}