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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.behaviour.inbandtelemetry;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.DefaultTrafficSelector;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficSelector;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a device-level objective to collect INT metadata for packets
+ * identified by a traffic selector.
+ */
+public final class IntObjective {
+
+    private static final int DEFAULT_PRIORITY = 10;
+
+    // TrafficSelector to describe target flows to monitor
+    private final TrafficSelector selector;
+    // Set of metadata types to collect
+    private final ImmutableSet<IntMetadataType> metadataTypes;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an IntObjective.
+     *
+     * @param selector      the traffic selector that identifies traffic to enable INT
+     * @param metadataTypes a set of metadata types to collect
+     */
+    private IntObjective(TrafficSelector selector, Set<IntMetadataType> metadataTypes) {
+        this.selector = selector;
+        this.metadataTypes = ImmutableSet.copyOf(metadataTypes);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns traffic selector of this objective.
+     *
+     * @return traffic selector
+     */
+    public TrafficSelector selector() {
+        return selector;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a set of metadata types specified in this objective.
+     *
+     * @return instruction bitmap
+     */
+    public Set<IntMetadataType> metadataTypes() {
+        return metadataTypes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * An IntObjective builder.
+     */
+    public static final class Builder {
+        private TrafficSelector selector = DefaultTrafficSelector.emptySelector();
+        private final Set<IntMetadataType> metadataTypes = new HashSet<>();
+
+        /**
+         * Assigns a selector to the IntObjective.
+         *
+         * @param selector a traffic selector
+         * @return an IntObjective builder
+         */
+        public IntObjective.Builder withSelector(TrafficSelector selector) {
+            this.selector = selector;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Add a metadata type to the IntObjective.
+         *
+         * @param metadataTypes a set of metadata types
+         * @return an IntObjective builder
+         */
+        public IntObjective.Builder withMetadataTypes(Set<IntMetadataType> metadataTypes) {
+            this.metadataTypes.addAll(metadataTypes);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Builds the IntObjective.
+         *
+         * @return an IntObjective
+         */
+        public IntObjective build() {
+            checkArgument(!selector.criteria().isEmpty(), "Empty selector cannot match any flow.");
+            checkArgument(!metadataTypes.isEmpty(), "Metadata types cannot be empty");
+
+            return new IntObjective(selector, metadataTypes);
+        }
+    }
+}