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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.mfwd.impl;
+
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+
+import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.JsonNodeFactory;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Encode and Decode the Multicast Route Table in JSON for CLI and REST commands.
+ */
+public class MRibCodec extends JsonCodec<McastRouteTable> {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+    private static final String SOURCE_ADDRESS = "sourceAddress";
+    private static final String GROUP_ADDRESS = "groupAddress";
+    private static final String INGRESS_POINT = "ingressPoint";
+    private static final String EGRESS_POINT = "egressPoint";
+    private static final String MCASTCONNECTPOINT = "McastConnectPoint";
+    private static final String ELEMENTID = "elementId";
+    private static final String PORTNUMBER = "portNumber";
+    private static final String MCAST_GROUP = "mcastGroup";
+
+    /**
+     * Encode the MRIB into json format.
+     *
+     * @param mcastRouteTable McastRouteTable
+     * @param context CodecContext
+     * @return result ObjectNode
+     */
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(McastRouteTable mcastRouteTable, CodecContext context) {
+
+        final JsonNodeFactory nodeFactory = JsonNodeFactory.instance;
+        final ObjectNode macastRouteTabNode = nodeFactory.objectNode();
+        ArrayNode mcastGroupNode = context.mapper().createArrayNode();
+        Optional<McastRouteTable> mcastRouteTabOpt = Optional.ofNullable(mcastRouteTable);
+
+        //checking whether the McastRouteTable is present.
+        if (mcastRouteTabOpt.isPresent()) {
+            Map<IpPrefix, McastRouteGroup> mrib4 = mcastRouteTabOpt.get().getMrib4();
+            Optional<Map<IpPrefix, McastRouteGroup>> mrib4Opt = Optional.ofNullable(mrib4);
+
+            //checking whether the mrib4 is present.
+            if (mrib4Opt.isPresent()) {
+
+                for (McastRouteGroup mg : mrib4Opt.get().values()) {
+                    Collection<McastRouteSource> mcastRoute = mg.getSources().values();
+                    Optional<Collection<McastRouteSource>> mcastRouteOpt = Optional.ofNullable(mcastRoute);
+
+                    //checking whether the McastRouteSource List is present.
+                    if (mcastRouteOpt.isPresent()) {
+                        for (McastRouteSource mcastRouteSource : mcastRouteOpt.get()) {
+                            mcastGroupNode.add(createMcastGroupNode(mcastRouteSource, context));
+                        }
+                        macastRouteTabNode.put(MCAST_GROUP, mcastGroupNode);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return macastRouteTabNode;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Method for creating the McastGroup object node.
+     *
+     * @param mcastRouteSource McastRouteSource
+     */
+    private ObjectNode createMcastGroupNode(McastRouteSource mcastRouteSource, CodecContext context) {
+
+        final ObjectNode mcastGroupNode = context.mapper().createObjectNode();
+        final ObjectNode ingressNode = context.mapper().createObjectNode();
+        final ObjectNode egressNode = context.mapper().createObjectNode();
+        final ArrayNode jsonLabelIds = context.mapper().createArrayNode();
+        final String sAddr = mcastRouteSource.getSaddr().toString();
+        final String gAddr = mcastRouteSource.getGaddr().toString();
+
+        Optional<String> saddrOpt = Optional.ofNullable(sAddr);
+        Optional<String> gaddrOpt = Optional.ofNullable(gAddr);
+
+        //checking source address and group address are present.
+        if (saddrOpt.isPresent() && gaddrOpt.isPresent()) {
+            mcastGroupNode.put(SOURCE_ADDRESS, saddrOpt.get().toString());
+            mcastGroupNode.put(GROUP_ADDRESS, gaddrOpt.get().toString());
+            McastConnectPoint mcastIngCP = mcastRouteSource.getIngressPoint();
+            Optional<McastConnectPoint> mcastIngCPOpt = Optional.ofNullable(mcastIngCP);
+
+            //checking whether the ingress connection point is present.
+            if (mcastIngCPOpt.isPresent()) {
+                ingressNode.put(MCASTCONNECTPOINT, mcastConnectPoint(mcastIngCPOpt.get(), context));
+            }
+
+            mcastGroupNode.put(INGRESS_POINT , ingressNode);
+            Set<McastConnectPoint> mcastEgCPSet = mcastRouteSource.getEgressPoints();
+            Optional<Set<McastConnectPoint>> mcastEgCPOpt = Optional.ofNullable(mcastEgCPSet);
+
+            //checking whether the egress connection points are present.
+            if (mcastEgCPOpt.isPresent()) {
+                for (final McastConnectPoint mcastConnectPoint : mcastEgCPOpt.get()) {
+                    jsonLabelIds.add(mcastConnectPoint(mcastConnectPoint, context));
+                }
+            }
+
+            egressNode.put(MCASTCONNECTPOINT , jsonLabelIds);
+            mcastGroupNode.put(EGRESS_POINT , egressNode);
+        }
+        return mcastGroupNode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method for creating the McastConnectPoint object node.
+     *
+     * @param mcastConnectPoint McastConnectPoint
+     * @param context CodecContext
+     * @return mcastCpNode ObjectNode
+     */
+    private ObjectNode mcastConnectPoint(McastConnectPoint mcastConnectPoint, CodecContext context) {
+        final ObjectNode mcastCpNode = context.mapper().createObjectNode();
+        mcastCpNode.put(ELEMENTID , mcastConnectPoint.getConnectPoint().elementId().toString());
+        mcastCpNode.put(PORTNUMBER , mcastConnectPoint.getConnectPoint().port().toLong());
+        return mcastCpNode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decode json format and insert into the flow table.
+     *
+     * @param json ObjectNode
+     * @param context CodecContext
+     * @return mr McastRouteBase
+     */
+    @Override
+    public McastRouteTable decode(ObjectNode json, CodecContext context) {
+
+        String macAddr = null;
+        String portNo = null;
+        String sAddr = json.path(SOURCE_ADDRESS).asText();
+        String gAddr = json.path(GROUP_ADDRESS).asText();
+        JsonNode inPntObjNode = (JsonNode) json.path(INGRESS_POINT);
+        JsonNode egPntArrNode = (JsonNode) json.path(EGRESS_POINT);
+
+        log.debug("sAddr :" + sAddr + " gAddr :" + gAddr + " inPntObjNode :" + inPntObjNode);
+        log.debug("egPntArrNode :" + egPntArrNode.toString());
+
+        McastRouteTable mrib = McastRouteTable.getInstance();
+        McastRouteBase mr = mrib.addRoute(sAddr, gAddr);
+        Optional<JsonNode> inPntOpt = Optional.ofNullable(inPntObjNode);
+
+        if (inPntOpt.isPresent()) {
+
+            JsonNode inMcastCP = inPntOpt.get().path(MCASTCONNECTPOINT);
+            Optional<JsonNode> inCpOpt = Optional.ofNullable(inMcastCP);
+
+            if (inCpOpt.isPresent()) {
+                macAddr = inCpOpt.get().path(ELEMENTID).asText();
+                portNo = inCpOpt.get().path(PORTNUMBER).asText();
+                mr.addIngressPoint(macAddr + "/" + Long.parseLong(portNo));
+            }
+        }
+
+        Optional<JsonNode> egPntOpt = Optional.ofNullable(egPntArrNode);
+
+        if (egPntOpt.isPresent()) {
+            JsonNode egMcastCP = egPntOpt.get().path(MCASTCONNECTPOINT);
+            Optional<JsonNode> egMcCpOpt = Optional.ofNullable(egMcastCP);
+
+            if (egMcCpOpt.isPresent()) {
+                Iterator<JsonNode> egCpIt = egMcCpOpt.get().elements();
+
+                while (egCpIt.hasNext()) {
+
+                    JsonNode egMcastCPObj = egCpIt.next();
+                    Optional<JsonNode> egMcCpObOpt = Optional.ofNullable(egMcastCPObj);
+                    if (egMcCpObOpt.isPresent()) {
+                        macAddr = egMcCpObOpt.get().path(ELEMENTID).asText();
+                        portNo = egMcCpObOpt.get().path(PORTNUMBER).asText();
+                        log.debug("macAddr egPort : " + macAddr + " portNo egPort :" + portNo);
+                        mr.addEgressPoint(macAddr + "/" + Long.parseLong(portNo), McastConnectPoint.JoinSource.STATIC);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+       return mrib;
+    }
+}