diff --git a/pipelines/fabric/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pipelines/fabric/AbstractFabricHandlerBehavior.java b/pipelines/fabric/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pipelines/fabric/AbstractFabricHandlerBehavior.java
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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.pipelines.fabric;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.AbstractHandlerBehaviour;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.DriverHandler;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPipeconfId;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.service.PiPipeconfService;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static java.lang.String.format;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract implementation of HandlerBehaviour for the fabric pipeconf
+ * behaviors.
+ */
+public class AbstractFabricHandlerBehavior extends AbstractHandlerBehaviour {
+
+    protected final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    protected FabricCapabilities capabilities;
+
+    @Override
+    public void setHandler(DriverHandler handler) {
+        super.setHandler(handler);
+        final PiPipeconfService pipeconfService = handler().get(PiPipeconfService.class);
+        setCapabilities(handler().data().deviceId(), pipeconfService);
+    }
+
+    private void setCapabilities(DeviceId deviceId, PiPipeconfService pipeconfService) {
+        checkNotNull(deviceId);
+        checkNotNull(pipeconfService);
+        // Get pipeconf capabilities.
+        final PiPipeconfId pipeconfId = pipeconfService.ofDevice(deviceId)
+                .orElse(null);
+        if (pipeconfId == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(format(
+                    "Unable to get pipeconf ID of device %s", deviceId.toString()));
+        }
+        if (!pipeconfService.getPipeconf(pipeconfId).isPresent()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(format(
+                    "Pipeconf '%s' is not registered ", pipeconfId));
+        }
+        this.capabilities = new FabricCapabilities(
+                pipeconfService.getPipeconf(pipeconfId).get());
+    }
+}