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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.onosproject.kafkaintegration.kafka;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Modified;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Property;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
+import org.onosproject.cfg.ComponentConfigService;
+import org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.EventConversionService;
+import org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.EventSubscriptionService;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceEvent;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceListener;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceService;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkEvent;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkListener;
+import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkService;
+import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Dictionary;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Strings.isNullOrEmpty;
+import static java.util.concurrent.Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.get;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.groupedThreads;
+import static org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.dto.OnosEvent.Type.DEVICE;
+import static org.onosproject.kafkaintegration.api.dto.OnosEvent.Type.LINK;
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the behavior of monitoring various ONOS events.
+ * */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class EventMonitor {
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected EventSubscriptionService eventSubscriptionService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected EventConversionService eventConversionService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected DeviceService deviceService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected LinkService linkService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected ComponentConfigService componentConfigService;
+
+    private final DeviceListener deviceListener = new InternalDeviceListener();
+    private final LinkListener linkListener = new InternalLinkListener();
+
+    protected ExecutorService eventExecutor;
+
+    private static final String BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS = "localhost:9092";
+    private static final int RETRIES = 1;
+    private static final int MAX_IN_FLIGHT_REQUESTS_PER_CONNECTION = 5;
+    private static final int REQUEST_REQUIRED_ACKS = 1;
+    private static final String KEY_SERIALIZER = "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer";
+    private static final String VALUE_SERIALIZER = "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.ByteArraySerializer";
+
+    @Property(name = "bootstrap.servers", value = BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS,
+            label = "Default host/post pair to establish initial connection to Kafka cluster.")
+    private String bootstrapServers = BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS;
+
+    @Property(name = "retries", intValue = RETRIES,
+            label = "Number of times the producer can retry to send after first failure")
+    private int retries = RETRIES;
+
+    @Property(name = "max.in.flight.requests.per.connection", intValue = MAX_IN_FLIGHT_REQUESTS_PER_CONNECTION,
+            label = "The maximum number of unacknowledged requests the client will send before blocking")
+    private int maxInFlightRequestsPerConnection = MAX_IN_FLIGHT_REQUESTS_PER_CONNECTION;
+
+    @Property(name = "request.required.acks", intValue = 1,
+            label = "Producer will get an acknowledgement after the leader has replicated the data")
+    private int requestRequiredAcks = REQUEST_REQUIRED_ACKS;
+
+    @Property(name = "key.serializer", value = KEY_SERIALIZER,
+            label = "Serializer class for key that implements the Serializer interface.")
+    private String keySerializer = KEY_SERIALIZER;
+
+    @Property(name = "value.serializer", value = VALUE_SERIALIZER,
+            label = "Serializer class for value that implements the Serializer interface.")
+    private String valueSerializer = VALUE_SERIALIZER;
+
+    private Producer producer;
+
+    @Activate
+    protected void activate(ComponentContext context) {
+        componentConfigService.registerProperties(getClass());
+        eventExecutor = newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(groupedThreads("onos/onosEvents", "events-%d", log));
+        deviceService.addListener(deviceListener);
+        linkService.addListener(linkListener);
+        producer = new Producer(bootstrapServers, retries, maxInFlightRequestsPerConnection,
+                                requestRequiredAcks, keySerializer, valueSerializer);
+        producer.start();
+
+        log.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    protected void deactivate() {
+        componentConfigService.unregisterProperties(getClass(), false);
+        deviceService.removeListener(deviceListener);
+        linkService.removeListener(linkListener);
+        producer.stop();
+        eventExecutor.shutdownNow();
+        eventExecutor = null;
+
+        log.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Modified
+    private void modified(ComponentContext context) {
+        if (context == null) {
+            bootstrapServers = BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS;
+            retries = RETRIES;
+            maxInFlightRequestsPerConnection = MAX_IN_FLIGHT_REQUESTS_PER_CONNECTION;
+            requestRequiredAcks = REQUEST_REQUIRED_ACKS;
+            keySerializer = KEY_SERIALIZER;
+            valueSerializer = VALUE_SERIALIZER;
+            return;
+        }
+        Dictionary properties = context.getProperties();
+
+        String newBootstrapServers = BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS;
+        int newRetries = RETRIES;
+        int newMaxInFlightRequestsPerConnection = MAX_IN_FLIGHT_REQUESTS_PER_CONNECTION;
+        int newRequestRequiredAcks = REQUEST_REQUIRED_ACKS;
+        try {
+            String s = get(properties, "bootstrapServers");
+            newBootstrapServers = isNullOrEmpty(s)
+                    ? bootstrapServers : s.trim();
+
+            s = get(properties, "retries");
+            newRetries = isNullOrEmpty(s)
+                    ? retries : Integer.parseInt(s.trim());
+
+            s = get(properties, "maxInFlightRequestsPerConnection");
+            newMaxInFlightRequestsPerConnection = isNullOrEmpty(s)
+                    ? maxInFlightRequestsPerConnection : Integer.parseInt(s.trim());
+
+            s = get(properties, "requestRequiredAcks");
+            newRequestRequiredAcks = isNullOrEmpty(s)
+                    ? requestRequiredAcks : Integer.parseInt(s.trim());
+
+        } catch (NumberFormatException | ClassCastException e) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        boolean modified = newBootstrapServers != bootstrapServers ||
+                newRetries != retries ||
+                newMaxInFlightRequestsPerConnection != maxInFlightRequestsPerConnection ||
+                newRequestRequiredAcks != requestRequiredAcks;
+
+        if (modified) {
+            bootstrapServers = newBootstrapServers;
+            retries = newRetries;
+            maxInFlightRequestsPerConnection = newMaxInFlightRequestsPerConnection;
+            requestRequiredAcks = newRequestRequiredAcks;
+            if (producer != null) {
+                producer.stop();
+            }
+            producer = new Producer(bootstrapServers, retries, maxInFlightRequestsPerConnection,
+                                        requestRequiredAcks, keySerializer, valueSerializer);
+            producer.start();
+            log.info("Modified");
+        } else {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class InternalDeviceListener implements DeviceListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(DeviceEvent event) {
+            if (!eventSubscriptionService.getEventSubscribers(DEVICE).isEmpty()) {
+                eventExecutor.execute(() -> {
+                    try {
+                        String id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+                        producer.send(new ProducerRecord<>(DEVICE.toString(),
+                                                                id, event.subject().toString().getBytes())).get();
+                        log.debug("Device event sent successfully.");
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                    } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+                        log.error("Exception thrown {}", e);
+                    }
+                });
+            } else {
+                log.debug("No device listeners");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class InternalLinkListener implements LinkListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(LinkEvent event) {
+            if (!eventSubscriptionService.getEventSubscribers(LINK).isEmpty()) {
+                eventExecutor.execute(() -> {
+                    try {
+                        String id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+                        producer.send(new ProducerRecord<>(LINK.toString(),
+                                                                id, event.subject().toString().getBytes())).get();
+                        log.debug("Link event sent successfully.");
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+                    } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+                        log.error("Exception thrown {}", e);
+                    }
+                });
+            } else {
+                log.debug("No link listeners");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}