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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.pipelines.basic;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DefaultPortStatistics;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceService;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.PortStatistics;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.PortStatisticsDiscovery;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.AbstractHandlerBehaviour;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPipeconf;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiCounterCellData;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiCounterCellId;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiCounterId;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiIndirectCounterCellId;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiPipeconfService;
+import org.onosproject.p4runtime.api.P4RuntimeClient;
+import org.onosproject.p4runtime.api.P4RuntimeController;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiCounterType.INDIRECT;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the PortStatisticsBehaviour for basic.p4.
+ */
+public class PortStatisticsDiscoveryImpl extends AbstractHandlerBehaviour implements PortStatisticsDiscovery {
+
+    protected final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private static final String SCOPE = "port_counters_control";
+    private static final PiCounterId INGRESS_COUNTER_ID = PiCounterId.of("port_counters_ingress",
+                                                                         "ingress_port_counter", INDIRECT);
+    private static final PiCounterId EGRESS_COUNTER_ID = PiCounterId.of("port_counters_egress",
+                                                                        "egress_port_counter", INDIRECT);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the ID of the ingress port counter.
+     *
+     * @return counter ID
+     */
+    public PiCounterId ingressCounterId() {
+        return INGRESS_COUNTER_ID;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the ID of the egress port counter.
+     *
+     * @return counter ID
+     */
+    public PiCounterId egressCounterId() {
+        return EGRESS_COUNTER_ID;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<PortStatistics> discoverPortStatistics() {
+
+        DeviceService deviceService = this.handler().get(DeviceService.class);
+        DeviceId deviceId = this.data().deviceId();
+
+        PiPipeconfService piPipeconfService = handler().get(PiPipeconfService.class);
+        if (!piPipeconfService.ofDevice(deviceId).isPresent() ||
+                !piPipeconfService.getPipeconf(piPipeconfService.ofDevice(deviceId).get()).isPresent()) {
+            log.warn("Unable to get the pipeconf of {}, aborting operation", deviceId);
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        PiPipeconf pipeconf = piPipeconfService.getPipeconf(piPipeconfService.ofDevice(deviceId).get()).get();
+
+        P4RuntimeController controller = handler().get(P4RuntimeController.class);
+        if (!controller.hasClient(deviceId)) {
+            log.warn("Unable to find client for {}, aborting operation", deviceId);
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+        P4RuntimeClient client = controller.getClient(deviceId);
+
+        Map<Long, DefaultPortStatistics.Builder> portStatBuilders = Maps.newHashMap();
+        deviceService.getPorts(deviceId)
+                .forEach(p -> portStatBuilders.put(p.number().toLong(),
+                                                   DefaultPortStatistics.builder()
+                                                           .setPort(p.number())
+                                                           .setDeviceId(deviceId)));
+
+        Set<PiCounterCellId> counterCellIds = Sets.newHashSet();
+        portStatBuilders.keySet().forEach(p -> {
+            // Counter cell/index = port number.
+            counterCellIds.add(PiIndirectCounterCellId.of(ingressCounterId(), p));
+            counterCellIds.add(PiIndirectCounterCellId.of(egressCounterId(), p));
+        });
+
+        Collection<PiCounterCellData> counterEntryResponse;
+        try {
+            counterEntryResponse = client.readCounterCells(counterCellIds, pipeconf).get();
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+            log.warn("Exception while reading port counters from {}: {}", deviceId, e.toString());
+            log.debug("", e);
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
+        counterEntryResponse.forEach(counterData -> {
+            if (counterData.cellId().type() != INDIRECT) {
+                log.warn("Invalid counter data type {}, skipping", counterData.cellId().type());
+                return;
+            }
+            PiIndirectCounterCellId indCellId = (PiIndirectCounterCellId) counterData.cellId();
+            if (!portStatBuilders.containsKey(indCellId.index())) {
+                log.warn("Unrecognized counter index {}, skipping", counterData);
+                return;
+            }
+            DefaultPortStatistics.Builder statsBuilder = portStatBuilders.get(indCellId.index());
+            if (counterData.cellId().counterId().equals(ingressCounterId())) {
+                statsBuilder.setPacketsReceived(counterData.packets());
+                statsBuilder.setBytesReceived(counterData.bytes());
+            } else if (counterData.cellId().counterId().equals(egressCounterId())) {
+                statsBuilder.setPacketsSent(counterData.packets());
+                statsBuilder.setBytesSent(counterData.bytes());
+            } else {
+                log.warn("Unrecognized counter ID {}, skipping", counterData);
+            }
+        });
+
+        return portStatBuilders
+                .values()
+                .stream()
+                .map(DefaultPortStatistics.Builder::build)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+}