Implement compact serialization for a set of discrete resources

This is for ONOS-4281.

Change-Id: I08a9fc4fd334c499c7a09d2960145743a798094e
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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.onlab.util;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.collect.DiscreteDomain;
+import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Represent a closed-open range.
+ * The primary user of this class is the ResourceService implementation.
+ */
+@Beta
+public final class ClosedOpenRange {
+    private final int lowerBound;   // inclusive
+    private final int upperBound;   // exclusive
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a range from a Guava's range.
+     *
+     * @param range Guava's range
+     * @return this range
+     */
+    public static ClosedOpenRange of(Range<Integer> range) {
+        return new ClosedOpenRange(
+                range.canonical(DiscreteDomain.integers()).lowerEndpoint(),
+                range.canonical(DiscreteDomain.integers()).upperEndpoint());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a range with a lower bound and an upper bound.
+     *
+     * @param lowerBound lower bound (inclusive)
+     * @param upperBound upper bound (exclusive)
+     * @return this range
+     */
+    public static ClosedOpenRange of(int lowerBound, int upperBound) {
+        return new ClosedOpenRange(lowerBound, upperBound);
+    }
+
+    private ClosedOpenRange(int lowerBound, int upperBound) {
+        this.lowerBound = lowerBound;
+        this.upperBound = upperBound;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the lower bound.
+     *
+     * @return the lower bound
+     */
+    public int lowerBound() {
+        return lowerBound;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the upper bound.
+     *
+     * @return the upper bound
+     */
+    public int upperBound() {
+        return upperBound;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(lowerBound, upperBound);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (!(obj instanceof ClosedOpenRange)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final ClosedOpenRange other = (ClosedOpenRange) obj;
+        return Objects.equals(this.lowerBound, other.lowerBound)
+                && Objects.equals(this.upperBound, other.upperBound);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "[" + lowerBound + ".." + upperBound + ")";
+    }
+}