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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.rest;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceProviderRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceService;
+import org.onosproject.net.host.HostProviderRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkProviderRegistry;
+import org.onlab.rest.BaseResource;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import static javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+
+/**
+ * Resource that acts as an ancillary provider for uploading pre-configured
+ * devices, ports and links.
+ */
+@Path("config")
+public class ConfigWebResource extends BaseResource {
+
+    private static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ConfigWebResource.class);
+
+    @POST
+    @Path("topology")
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response topology(InputStream input) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+            JsonNode cfg = mapper.readTree(input);
+            new ConfigProvider(cfg, get(DeviceService.class),
+                               get(DeviceProviderRegistry.class),
+                               get(LinkProviderRegistry.class),
+                               get(HostProviderRegistry.class)).parse();
+            return Response.ok().build();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Unable to parse topology configuration", e);
+            return Response.status(INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).entity(e.toString()).build();
+        }
+    }
+
+}