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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.openstackswitching;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.InboundPacket;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+/**
+ * It handles ARP packet from VMs.
+ */
+public class OpenstackArpHandler {
+
+    private static Logger log = LoggerFactory
+            .getLogger(OpenstackArpHandler.class);
+
+    HashMap<String, OpenstackPort> openstackPortHashMap;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns OpenstackArpHandler reference.
+     *
+     * @param openstackPortMap
+     */
+    public OpenstackArpHandler(HashMap<String, OpenstackPort> openstackPortMap) {
+        this.openstackPortHashMap = openstackPortMap;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Processes ARP packets.
+     *
+     * @param pkt ARP request packet
+     */
+    public void processPacketIn(InboundPacket pkt) {
+        log.warn("Received an ARP packet");
+    }
+}