Copycat messaging new happens over the same cluster messaging used for all other ONOS p2p communication
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/service/impl/ClusterMessagingProtocolServer.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/store/service/impl/ClusterMessagingProtocolServer.java
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+package org.onlab.onos.store.service.impl;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+import net.kuujo.copycat.protocol.PingRequest;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.protocol.PollRequest;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.protocol.RequestHandler;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.protocol.SubmitRequest;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.protocol.SyncRequest;
+import net.kuujo.copycat.spi.protocol.ProtocolServer;
+
+import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterCommunicationService;
+import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterMessage;
+import org.onlab.onos.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterMessageHandler;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+/**
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+ *
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+
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+ */
+
+public class ClusterMessagingProtocolServer implements ProtocolServer {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+    private RequestHandler handler;
+
+    public ClusterMessagingProtocolServer(ClusterCommunicationService clusterCommunicator) {
+
+        clusterCommunicator.addSubscriber(
+                ClusterMessagingProtocol.COPYCAT_PING, new CopycatMessageHandler<PingRequest>());
+        clusterCommunicator.addSubscriber(
+                ClusterMessagingProtocol.COPYCAT_SYNC, new CopycatMessageHandler<SyncRequest>());
+        clusterCommunicator.addSubscriber(
+                ClusterMessagingProtocol.COPYCAT_POLL, new CopycatMessageHandler<PollRequest>());
+        clusterCommunicator.addSubscriber(
+                ClusterMessagingProtocol.COPYCAT_SUBMIT, new CopycatMessageHandler<SubmitRequest>());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void requestHandler(RequestHandler handler) {
+        this.handler = handler;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Void> listen() {
+        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Void> close() {
+        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+    }
+
+    private class CopycatMessageHandler<T> implements ClusterMessageHandler {
+
+        @Override
+        public void handle(ClusterMessage message) {
+            T request = ClusterMessagingProtocol.SERIALIZER.decode(message.payload());
+            if (request.getClass().equals(PingRequest.class)) {
+                handler.ping((PingRequest) request).whenComplete((response, error) -> {
+                    try {
+                        message.respond(ClusterMessagingProtocol.SERIALIZER.encode(response));
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        log.error("Failed to respond to ping request", e);
+                    }
+                });
+            } else if (request.getClass().equals(PollRequest.class)) {
+                handler.poll((PollRequest) request).whenComplete((response, error) -> {
+                    try {
+                        message.respond(ClusterMessagingProtocol.SERIALIZER.encode(response));
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        log.error("Failed to respond to poll request", e);
+                    }
+                });
+            } else if (request.getClass().equals(SyncRequest.class)) {
+                handler.sync((SyncRequest) request).whenComplete((response, error) -> {
+                    try {
+                        message.respond(ClusterMessagingProtocol.SERIALIZER.encode(response));
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        log.error("Failed to respond to sync request", e);
+                    }
+                });
+            } else if (request.getClass().equals(SubmitRequest.class)) {
+                handler.submit((SubmitRequest) request).whenComplete((response, error) -> {
+                    try {
+                        message.respond(ClusterMessagingProtocol.SERIALIZER.encode(response));
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        log.error("Failed to respond to submit request", e);
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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