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+/**
+ * Copyright 2016 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.kafkaintegration.converter;
+
+import org.onosproject.event.Event;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.Link.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.Link.LinkCore;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.Link.LinkState;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.Link.LinkType;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.LinkEvent.LinkEventType;
+import org.onosproject.grpc.net.LinkEvent.LinkNotification;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkEvent;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage;
+
+/**
+ * Converts for ONOS Link event message to GPB format.
+ *
+ */
+class LinkEventConverter implements EventConverter {
+
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @Override
+    public GeneratedMessage convertToProtoMessage(Event<?, ?> event) {
+
+        LinkEvent linkEvent = (LinkEvent) event;
+
+        if (!linkEventSubtypeSupported(linkEvent)) {
+            log.error("Unsupported Onos Event {}. There is no matching"
+                    + "proto Event type", linkEvent.type().toString());
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return buildDeviceProtoMessage(linkEvent);
+    }
+
+    private boolean linkEventSubtypeSupported(LinkEvent event) {
+        LinkType[] kafkaLinkEvents = LinkType.values();
+        for (LinkType linkEventType : kafkaLinkEvents) {
+            if (linkEventType.name().equals(event.type().name())) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private LinkNotification buildDeviceProtoMessage(LinkEvent linkEvent) {
+        LinkNotification notification = LinkNotification.newBuilder()
+                .setLinkEventType(getProtoType(linkEvent))
+                .setLink(LinkCore.newBuilder()
+                        .setState(LinkState
+                                .valueOf(linkEvent.subject().state().name()))
+                        .setType(LinkType
+                                .valueOf(linkEvent.subject().type().name()))
+                        .setDst(ConnectPoint.newBuilder()
+                                .setDeviceId(linkEvent.subject().dst()
+                                        .deviceId().toString())
+                                .setPortNumber(linkEvent.subject().dst().port()
+                                        .toString()))
+                        .setSrc(ConnectPoint.newBuilder()
+                                .setDeviceId(linkEvent.subject().src()
+                                        .deviceId().toString())
+                                .setPortNumber(linkEvent.subject().src().port()
+                                        .toString())))
+                .build();
+
+        return notification;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the specific Kafka Device Event Type for the corresponding ONOS
+     * Device Event Type.
+     *
+     * @param event ONOS Device Event
+     * @return Kafka Device Event Type
+     */
+    private LinkEventType getProtoType(LinkEvent event) {
+        LinkEventType generatedEventType = null;
+        LinkEventType[] kafkaEvents = LinkEventType.values();
+        for (LinkEventType linkEventType : kafkaEvents) {
+            if (linkEventType.name().equals(event.type().name())) {
+                generatedEventType = linkEventType;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return generatedEventType;
+    }
+}