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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.table;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onosproject.ui.RequestHandler;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * Message handler specifically for table views.
+ */
+public abstract class TableRequestHandler extends RequestHandler {
+
+    private final String respType;
+    private final String nodeName;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a table request handler for a specific table view. When
+     * table requests come in, the handler will generate the appropriate
+     * table rows, sort them according the the request sort parameters, and
+     * send back the response to the client.
+     *
+     * @param reqType   type of the request event
+     * @param respType  type of the response event
+     * @param nodeName  name of JSON node holding row data
+     */
+    public TableRequestHandler(String reqType, String respType, String nodeName) {
+        super(reqType);
+        this.respType = respType;
+        this.nodeName = nodeName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(long sid, ObjectNode payload) {
+        RowComparator rc = TableUtils.createRowComparator(payload, defaultColId());
+        TableRow[] rows = generateTableRows(payload);
+        Arrays.sort(rows, rc);
+        ObjectNode rootNode = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+        rootNode.set(nodeName, TableUtils.generateArrayNode(rows));
+        sendMessage(respType, 0, rootNode);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the default column ID, when one is not supplied in the payload
+     * defining the column on which to sort. This implementation returns "id".
+     *
+     * @return default sort column id
+     */
+    protected String defaultColId() {
+        return "id";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Subclasses should generate table rows for their specific table instance.
+     *
+     * @param payload provided in case custom parameters are present
+     * @return generated table rows
+     */
+    protected abstract TableRow[] generateTableRows(ObjectNode payload);
+}