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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.ospf.protocol.lsa;
+
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+import com.google.common.primitives.Bytes;
+import org.onlab.packet.Ip4Address;
+import org.onosproject.ospf.controller.OspfLsa;
+import org.onosproject.ospf.controller.OspfLsaType;
+import org.onosproject.ospf.protocol.util.OspfUtil;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the LSA header, fields and the methods to access them.
+ */
+public class LsaHeader implements OspfLsa {
+
+    /*
+        0                   1                   2                   3
+        0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+       |            LS age             |    Options    |    LS type    |
+       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+       |                        Link State ID                          |
+       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+       |                     Advertising Router                        |
+       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+       |                     LS sequence number                        |
+       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+       |         LS checksum           |             length            |
+       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+       LSA header format
+       REFERENCE : RFC 2328
+     */
+    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LsaHeader.class);
+    private int age;
+    private int options;
+    private int lsType;
+    private long lsSequenceNo;
+    private int lsCheckSum;
+    private int lsPacketLen;
+    private String linkStateId;
+    private Ip4Address advertisingRouter;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets LSA age.
+     *
+     * @return LSA age
+     */
+    public int age() {
+        return age;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets LSA age.
+     *
+     * @param age LSA age
+     */
+    public void setAge(int age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets options value.
+     *
+     * @return options header value
+     */
+    public int options() {
+        return options;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets options header value.
+     *
+     * @param options header value
+     */
+    public void setOptions(int options) {
+        this.options = options;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets LSA type.
+     *
+     * @return LSA type
+     */
+    public int lsType() {
+        return lsType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets LSA type.
+     *
+     * @param lsType LSA type
+     */
+    public void setLsType(int lsType) {
+        this.lsType = lsType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets link state id.
+     *
+     * @return linkStateId link state id
+     */
+    public String linkStateId() {
+        return linkStateId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets link state id.
+     *
+     * @param linkStateId link state id
+     */
+    public void setLinkStateId(String linkStateId) {
+        this.linkStateId = linkStateId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets advertising router IP.
+     *
+     * @return advertising router
+     */
+    public Ip4Address advertisingRouter() {
+        return advertisingRouter;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets advertising router.
+     *
+     * @param advertisingRouter advertising router
+     */
+    public void setAdvertisingRouter(Ip4Address advertisingRouter) {
+        this.advertisingRouter = advertisingRouter;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets LSA sequence number.
+     *
+     * @return LSA sequence number
+     */
+    public long lsSequenceNo() {
+        return lsSequenceNo;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets LSA sequence number.
+     *
+     * @param lsSequenceNo LSA sequence number
+     */
+    public void setLsSequenceNo(long lsSequenceNo) {
+        this.lsSequenceNo = lsSequenceNo;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets LSA check sum.
+     *
+     * @return lsCheckSum LSA checksum
+     */
+    public int lsCheckSum() {
+        return lsCheckSum;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets LSA checksum.
+     *
+     * @param lsCheckSum LSA checksum
+     */
+    public void setLsCheckSum(int lsCheckSum) {
+        this.lsCheckSum = lsCheckSum;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets lsa packet length.
+     *
+     * @return lsPacketLen LSA packet length
+     */
+    public int lsPacketLen() {
+        return lsPacketLen;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets LSA packet length.
+     *
+     * @param lsPacketLen LSA packet length
+     */
+    public void setLsPacketLen(int lsPacketLen) {
+        this.lsPacketLen = lsPacketLen;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public OspfLsaType getOspfLsaType() {
+        if (lsType == OspfLsaType.ROUTER.value()) {
+            return OspfLsaType.ROUTER;
+        } else if (lsType == OspfLsaType.NETWORK.value()) {
+            return OspfLsaType.NETWORK;
+        } else if (lsType == OspfLsaType.SUMMARY.value()) {
+            return OspfLsaType.SUMMARY;
+        } else if (lsType == OspfLsaType.ASBR_SUMMARY.value()) {
+            return OspfLsaType.ASBR_SUMMARY;
+        } else if (lsType == OspfLsaType.EXTERNAL_LSA.value()) {
+            return OspfLsaType.EXTERNAL_LSA;
+        } else if (lsType == OspfLsaType.LINK_LOCAL_OPAQUE_LSA.value()) {
+            return OspfLsaType.LINK_LOCAL_OPAQUE_LSA;
+        } else if (lsType == OspfLsaType.AREA_LOCAL_OPAQUE_LSA.value()) {
+            return OspfLsaType.AREA_LOCAL_OPAQUE_LSA;
+        } else if (lsType == OspfLsaType.AS_OPAQUE_LSA.value()) {
+            return OspfLsaType.AS_OPAQUE_LSA;
+        }
+
+        return OspfLsaType.UNDEFINED;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public OspfLsa lsaHeader() {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the LSA header as bytes.
+     *
+     * @return LSA header as bytes
+     */
+    public byte[] getLsaHeaderAsByteArray() {
+        List<Byte> headerLst = new ArrayList<>();
+        try {
+            headerLst.addAll(Bytes.asList(OspfUtil.convertToTwoBytes(this.age())));
+            headerLst.add((byte) this.options());
+            headerLst.add((byte) this.lsType());
+            headerLst.addAll(Bytes.asList(InetAddress.getByName(this.linkStateId()).getAddress()));
+            headerLst.addAll(Bytes.asList(this.advertisingRouter().toOctets()));
+            headerLst.addAll(Bytes.asList(OspfUtil.convertToFourBytes(this.lsSequenceNo())));
+            headerLst.addAll(Bytes.asList(OspfUtil.convertToTwoBytes(this.lsCheckSum())));
+            headerLst.addAll(Bytes.asList(OspfUtil.convertToTwoBytes(this.lsPacketLen())));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.debug("Error::getLsaHeaderAsByteArray {}", e.getMessage());
+            return Bytes.toArray(headerLst);
+        }
+        return Bytes.toArray(headerLst);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Populates the header from the LSA header instance.
+     *
+     * @param lsaHeader LSA header instance
+     */
+    public void populateHeader(LsaHeader lsaHeader) {
+        //assign all the header values
+        this.setAge(lsaHeader.age());
+        this.setOptions(lsaHeader.options());
+        this.setLsType(lsaHeader.lsType());
+        this.setLinkStateId(lsaHeader.linkStateId());
+        this.setAdvertisingRouter(lsaHeader.advertisingRouter());
+        this.setLsSequenceNo(lsaHeader.lsSequenceNo());
+        this.setLsCheckSum(lsaHeader.lsCheckSum());
+        this.setLsPacketLen(lsaHeader.lsPacketLen());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        LsaHeader that = (LsaHeader) o;
+        return Objects.equal(age, that.age) &&
+                Objects.equal(options, that.options) &&
+                Objects.equal(lsType, that.lsType) &&
+                Objects.equal(lsSequenceNo, that.lsSequenceNo) &&
+                Objects.equal(lsCheckSum, that.lsCheckSum) &&
+                Objects.equal(lsPacketLen, that.lsPacketLen) &&
+                Objects.equal(linkStateId, that.linkStateId) &&
+                Objects.equal(advertisingRouter, that.advertisingRouter);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hashCode(age, options, lsType, lsSequenceNo, lsCheckSum,
+                                lsPacketLen, linkStateId, advertisingRouter);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
+                .omitNullValues()
+                .add("age", age)
+                .add("options", options)
+                .add("lsType", lsType)
+                .add("lsSequenceNo", lsSequenceNo)
+                .add("lsCheckSum", lsCheckSum)
+                .add("lsPacketLen", lsPacketLen)
+                .add("linkStateId;", linkStateId)
+                .add("advertisingRouter", advertisingRouter)
+                .toString();
+    }
+}
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