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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.incubator.net.config.basics;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.Device;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+
+/**
+ * Basic configuration for network infrastructure devices.
+ */
+public class BasicDeviceConfig extends BasicElementConfig<DeviceId> {
+
+    public static final String TYPE = "type";
+    public static final String DRIVER = "driver";
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the device type.
+     *
+     * @return device type override
+     */
+    public Device.Type type() {
+        return get(TYPE, Device.Type.SWITCH, Device.Type.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the device type.
+     *
+     * @param type device type override
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public BasicDeviceConfig type(Device.Type type) {
+        return (BasicDeviceConfig) setOrClear(TYPE, type);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the device driver name.
+     *
+     * @return driver name of null if not set
+     */
+    public String driver() {
+        return get(DRIVER, subject.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the driver name.
+     *
+     * @param driverName new driver name; null to clear
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public BasicElementConfig driver(String driverName) {
+        return (BasicElementConfig) setOrClear(DRIVER, driverName);
+    }
+
+    // TODO: device port meta-data to be configured via BasicPortsConfig
+    // TODO: device credentials/keys
+
+}