[ONOS-7914] Hostprovider support for kubernetes network

Change-Id: I1bbc08b7c819875932d0b72fa4bdee4de47c35dd
diff --git a/apps/k8s-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/k8snetworking/util/K8sNetworkingUtil.java b/apps/k8s-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/k8snetworking/util/K8sNetworkingUtil.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-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.k8snetworking.util;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.onosproject.k8snetworking.api.Constants.PORT_NAME_PREFIX_CONTAINER;
+
+/**
+ * An utility that used in kubernetes networking app.
+ */
+public final class K8sNetworkingUtil {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(K8sNetworkingUtil.class);
+
+    private K8sNetworkingUtil() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that whether the port is associated with container interface.
+     *
+     * @param portName      port name
+     * @return true if the port is associated with container; false otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean isContainer(String portName) {
+        return PORT_NAME_PREFIX_CONTAINER.equals(portName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prints out the JSON string in pretty format.
+     *
+     * @param mapper        Object mapper
+     * @param jsonString    JSON string
+     * @return pretty formatted JSON string
+     */
+    public static String prettyJson(ObjectMapper mapper, String jsonString) {
+        try {
+            Object jsonObject = mapper.readValue(jsonString, Object.class);
+            return mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(jsonObject);
+        } catch (JsonParseException e) {
+            log.debug("JsonParseException caused by {}", e);
+        } catch (JsonMappingException e) {
+            log.debug("JsonMappingException caused by {}", e);
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            log.debug("JsonProcessingException caused by {}", e);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.debug("IOException caused by {}", e);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}