ONOS-1479 -- GUI - augmenting topology view for extensibility: WIP.

Change-Id: I11820a9ff8f446c0d10a0311cee5ce448c15f402
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/topo/ButtonId.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/topo/ButtonId.java
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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.ui.topo;
+
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+
+/**
+ * Designates the identity of a button on the topology view panels.
+ */
+public class ButtonId {
+
+    private final String id;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a button ID with the given identifier.
+     *
+     * @param id identifier for the button
+     */
+    public ButtonId(String id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the identifier for this button.
+     *
+     * @return identifier
+     */
+    public String id() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
+                .add("id", id()).toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        ButtonId that = (ButtonId) o;
+        return id.equals(that.id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return id.hashCode();
+    }
+}