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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-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.kubevirtnode.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.DefaultKubevirtNode;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.KubevirtNode;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.KubevirtNodeState;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.KubevirtPhyInterface;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsIllegal;
+import static org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.Constants.DATA_IP;
+import static org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.Constants.HOST_NAME;
+import static org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.Constants.MANAGEMENT_IP;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Kubevirt node codec used for serializing and de-serializing JSON string.
+ */
+public final class KubevirtNodeCodec extends JsonCodec<KubevirtNode> {
+
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private static final String TYPE = "type";
+    private static final String INTEGRATION_BRIDGE = "integrationBridge";
+    private static final String STATE = "state";
+    private static final String PHYSICAL_INTERFACES = "phyIntfs";
+
+    private static final String MISSING_MESSAGE = " is required in OpenstackNode";
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(KubevirtNode node, CodecContext context) {
+        checkNotNull(node, "Kubevirt node cannot be null");
+
+        ObjectNode result = context.mapper().createObjectNode()
+                .put(HOST_NAME, node.hostname())
+                .put(TYPE, node.type().name())
+                .put(STATE, node.state().name())
+                .put(MANAGEMENT_IP, node.managementIp().toString());
+
+        // serialize integration bridge config
+        if (node.intgBridge() != null) {
+            result.put(INTEGRATION_BRIDGE, node.intgBridge().toString());
+        }
+
+        // serialize data IP only if it presents
+        if (node.dataIp() != null) {
+            result.put(DATA_IP, node.dataIp().toString());
+        }
+
+        // serialize physical interfaces, it is valid only if any of physical interface presents
+        if (node.phyIntfs() != null && !node.phyIntfs().isEmpty()) {
+            ArrayNode phyIntfs = context.mapper().createArrayNode();
+            node.phyIntfs().forEach(phyIntf -> {
+                ObjectNode phyIntfJson =
+                        context.codec(KubevirtPhyInterface.class).encode(phyIntf, context);
+                phyIntfs.add(phyIntfJson);
+            });
+            result.set(PHYSICAL_INTERFACES, phyIntfs);
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public KubevirtNode decode(ObjectNode json, CodecContext context) {
+        if (json == null || !json.isObject()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        String hostname = nullIsIllegal(json.get(HOST_NAME).asText(),
+                HOST_NAME + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+        String type = nullIsIllegal(json.get(TYPE).asText(),
+                TYPE + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+        String mIp = nullIsIllegal(json.get(MANAGEMENT_IP).asText(),
+                MANAGEMENT_IP + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+
+        KubevirtNode.Builder nodeBuilder = DefaultKubevirtNode.builder()
+                .hostname(hostname)
+                .type(KubevirtNode.Type.valueOf(type))
+                .state(KubevirtNodeState.INIT)
+                .managementIp(IpAddress.valueOf(mIp));
+
+        if (json.get(DATA_IP) != null) {
+            nodeBuilder.dataIp(IpAddress.valueOf(json.get(DATA_IP).asText()));
+        }
+
+        JsonNode intBridgeJson = json.get(INTEGRATION_BRIDGE);
+        if (intBridgeJson != null) {
+            nodeBuilder.intgBridge(DeviceId.deviceId(intBridgeJson.asText()));
+        }
+
+        // parse physical interfaces
+        List<KubevirtPhyInterface> phyIntfs = new ArrayList<>();
+        JsonNode phyIntfsJson = json.get(PHYSICAL_INTERFACES);
+        if (phyIntfsJson != null) {
+            final JsonCodec<KubevirtPhyInterface>
+                    phyIntfCodec = context.codec(KubevirtPhyInterface.class);
+
+            IntStream.range(0, phyIntfsJson.size()).forEach(i -> {
+                ObjectNode intfJson = get(phyIntfsJson, i);
+                phyIntfs.add(phyIntfCodec.decode(intfJson, context));
+            });
+        }
+        nodeBuilder.phyIntfs(phyIntfs);
+
+        log.trace("node is {}", nodeBuilder.build().toString());
+
+        return nodeBuilder.build();
+    }
+}