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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.pi.impl;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import org.onosproject.net.Device;
+import org.onosproject.net.PortNumber;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.instructions.Instruction;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.instructions.Instructions.OutputInstruction;
+import org.onosproject.net.group.Group;
+import org.onosproject.net.group.GroupDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPipeconf;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPipelineInterpreter;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiCloneSessionEntry;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiMulticastGroupEntry;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiPreEntry;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiPreReplica;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.service.PiTranslationException;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static java.lang.String.format;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of replication group translation logic.
+ */
+final class PiReplicationGroupTranslatorImpl {
+
+    private PiReplicationGroupTranslatorImpl() {
+        // Hides constructor.
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a PI PRE entry equivalent to the given group, for the given
+     * pipeconf and device.
+     * <p>
+     * The passed group is expected to have type {@link GroupDescription.Type#ALL}
+     * or {@link GroupDescription.Type#CLONE}.
+     *
+     * @param group    group
+     * @param pipeconf pipeconf
+     * @param device   device
+     * @return PI PRE entry
+     * @throws PiTranslationException if the group cannot be translated
+     */
+    static PiPreEntry translate(Group group, PiPipeconf pipeconf, Device device)
+            throws PiTranslationException {
+
+        checkNotNull(group);
+
+        final List<Instruction> instructions = group.buckets().buckets().stream()
+                .flatMap(b -> b.treatment().allInstructions().stream())
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        final boolean hasNonOutputInstr = instructions.stream()
+                .anyMatch(i -> !i.type().equals(Instruction.Type.OUTPUT));
+
+        if (instructions.size() != group.buckets().buckets().size()
+                || hasNonOutputInstr) {
+            throw new PiTranslationException(
+                    "support only groups with just one OUTPUT instruction per bucket");
+        }
+
+        final List<OutputInstruction> outInstructions = instructions.stream()
+                .map(i -> (OutputInstruction) i)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        switch (group.type()) {
+            case ALL:
+                return PiMulticastGroupEntry.builder()
+                        .withGroupId(group.id().id())
+                        .addReplicas(getReplicas(outInstructions, device))
+                        .build();
+            case CLONE:
+                return PiCloneSessionEntry.builder()
+                        .withSessionId(group.id().id())
+                        .addReplicas(getReplicas(outInstructions, device))
+                        .build();
+            default:
+                throw new PiTranslationException(format(
+                        "group type %s not supported", group.type()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Set<PiPreReplica> getReplicas(
+            Collection<OutputInstruction> instructions, Device device)
+            throws PiTranslationException {
+        // Account for multiple replicas for the same port.
+        final Map<PortNumber, Set<PiPreReplica>> replicaMap = Maps.newHashMap();
+        final List<PortNumber> ports = instructions.stream()
+                .map(OutputInstruction::port)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        for (PortNumber port : ports) {
+            if (port.isLogical()) {
+                port = logicalToPipelineSpecific(port, device);
+            }
+            // Use incremental instance IDs for replicas of the same port.
+            replicaMap.putIfAbsent(port, Sets.newHashSet());
+            replicaMap.get(port).add(
+                    new PiPreReplica(port, replicaMap.get(port).size() + 1));
+        }
+        return replicaMap.values().stream()
+                .flatMap(Collection::stream)
+                .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    }
+
+    private static PortNumber logicalToPipelineSpecific(
+            PortNumber logicalPort, Device device)
+            throws PiTranslationException {
+        if (!device.is(PiPipelineInterpreter.class)) {
+            throw new PiTranslationException(
+                    "missing interpreter, cannot map logical port " + logicalPort.toString());
+        }
+        final PiPipelineInterpreter interpreter = device.as(PiPipelineInterpreter.class);
+        Optional<Integer> mappedPort = interpreter.mapLogicalPortNumber(logicalPort);
+        if (!mappedPort.isPresent()) {
+            throw new PiTranslationException(
+                    "interpreter cannot map logical port " + logicalPort.toString());
+        }
+        return PortNumber.portNumber(mappedPort.get());
+    }
+}