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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.net.tunnel;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of a Tunnel Id.
+ */
+public final class TunnelId {
+    private final long value;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an tunnel identifier from the specified tunnel.
+     *
+     * @param value long value
+     * @return tunnel identifier
+     */
+    public static TunnelId valueOf(long value) {
+        return new TunnelId(value);
+    }
+
+    public static TunnelId valueOf(String value) {
+        checkArgument(value.startsWith("0x"));
+         return new TunnelId(Long.parseLong(value.substring("0x".length()), 16));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for serializer.
+     */
+    TunnelId() {
+        this.value = 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the ID corresponding to a given long value.
+     *
+     * @param value the underlying value of this ID
+     */
+    TunnelId(long value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the backing value.
+     *
+     * @return the value
+     */
+    public long id() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return (int) (value ^ (value >>> 32));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj == this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!(obj instanceof TunnelId)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        TunnelId that = (TunnelId) obj;
+        return this.value == that.value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "0x" + Long.toHexString(value);
+    }
+
+}