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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.drivers.p4runtime;
+
+import org.onlab.util.SharedExecutors;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.AbstractHandlerBehaviour;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPipeconf;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPipelineProgrammable;
+import org.onosproject.p4runtime.api.P4RuntimeClient;
+import org.onosproject.p4runtime.api.P4RuntimeController;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract implementation of the PiPipelineProgrammable behaviours for a P4Runtime device.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractP4RuntimePipelineProgrammable extends AbstractHandlerBehaviour
+        implements PiPipelineProgrammable {
+
+    protected final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a byte buffer representing the target-specific device data to be used in the SetPipelineConfig message.
+     *
+     * @param pipeconf pipeconf
+     * @return byte buffer
+     */
+    public abstract ByteBuffer createDeviceDataBuffer(PiPipeconf pipeconf);
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableFuture<Boolean> deployPipeconf(PiPipeconf pipeconf) {
+        return CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(
+                () -> doDeployConfig(pipeconf),
+                SharedExecutors.getPoolThreadExecutor());
+    }
+
+    private boolean doDeployConfig(PiPipeconf pipeconf) {
+
+        DeviceId deviceId = handler().data().deviceId();
+        P4RuntimeController controller = handler().get(P4RuntimeController.class);
+
+        if (!controller.hasClient(deviceId)) {
+            log.warn("Unable to find client for {}, aborting pipeconf deploy", deviceId);
+            return false;
+        }
+        P4RuntimeClient client = controller.getClient(deviceId);
+
+        ByteBuffer deviceDataBuffer = createDeviceDataBuffer(pipeconf);
+        if (deviceDataBuffer == null) {
+            // Hopefully the child class logged the problem.
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            if (!client.setPipelineConfig(pipeconf, deviceDataBuffer).get()) {
+                log.warn("Unable to deploy pipeconf {} to {}", pipeconf.id(), deviceId);
+                return false;
+            }
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+            log.error("Exception while deploying pipeconf to {}", deviceId, e);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            // It would make more sense to init the stream channel once the client
+            // is created, but P4runtime would reject any command if a P4info has
+            // not been set first.
+            if (!client.initStreamChannel().get()) {
+                log.warn("Unable to init stream channel to {}.", deviceId);
+                return false;
+            }
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+            log.error("Exception while initializing stream channel on {}", deviceId, e);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public abstract Optional<PiPipeconf> getDefaultPipeconf();
+}