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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ ONOS GUI -- Base UIView class.
+ A base class for UIViews to extend from
+ */
+
+(function () {
+    'use strict';
+
+    function View(options) {
+        if (options && options.el) {
+            this.el = options.el;
+            this.$el = angular.element(this.el);
+        }
+
+        this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
+    }
+
+    angular.module('ovTopo2')
+    .factory('Topo2UIView',
+    ['FnService',
+        function (fn) {
+
+            _.extend(View.prototype, {
+                el: null,
+                empty: function () {
+                    if (this.$el) {
+                        this.$el.empty();
+                    }
+                },
+                destroy: function () {
+                    // TODO: Unbind Events
+                    this.empty();
+                    return this;
+                }
+            });
+
+            View.extend = fn.extend;
+            return View;
+        }
+    ]);
+
+})();