Adding command to add routes and to generate flows from them.

Enhanced FlowRuleStore and FlowRuleService with a new method.

Change-Id: I011371c1931294448e361fc1ceb120d89c14489d
diff --git a/providers/null/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/cli/CreateNullEntity.java b/providers/null/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/cli/CreateNullEntity.java
index ed68dfc..a9efa78 100644
--- a/providers/null/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/cli/CreateNullEntity.java
+++ b/providers/null/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/nil/cli/CreateNullEntity.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Longs;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
 import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
 import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
 import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
@@ -33,9 +34,12 @@
  * Base command for adding simulated entities to the custom topology simulation.
  */
 public abstract class CreateNullEntity extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
     protected static final String GEO = "geo";
     protected static final String GRID = "grid";
 
+    protected static final int MAX_EDGE_PORT_TRIES = 5;
+
     /**
      * Validates that the simulator is custom.
      *
@@ -93,14 +97,32 @@
      * @return connect point available for link or host attachment
      */
     protected ConnectPoint findAvailablePort(DeviceId deviceId, ConnectPoint otherPoint) {
-        EdgePortService eps = get(EdgePortService.class);
         HostService hs = get(HostService.class);
-
-        List<ConnectPoint> points = ImmutableList
-                .sortedCopyOf((l, r) -> Longs.compare(l.port().toLong(), r.port().toLong()),
-                              eps.getEdgePoints(deviceId));
-        return points.stream()
+        return findAvailablePorts(deviceId).stream()
                 .filter(p -> !Objects.equals(p, otherPoint) && hs.getConnectedHosts(p).isEmpty())
                 .findFirst().orElse(null);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds an available connect points among edge ports of the specified device.
+     *
+     * @param deviceId device identifier
+     * @return list of connect points available for link or host attachments
+     */
+    protected List<ConnectPoint> findAvailablePorts(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        EdgePortService eps = get(EdgePortService.class);
+
+        // As there may be a slight delay in edge service getting updated, retry a few times
+        for (int i = 0; i < MAX_EDGE_PORT_TRIES; i++) {
+            List<ConnectPoint> points = ImmutableList
+                    .sortedCopyOf((l, r) -> Longs.compare(l.port().toLong(), r.port().toLong()),
+                                  eps.getEdgePoints(deviceId));
+            if (!points.isEmpty()) {
+                return points;
+            }
+            Tools.delay(100);
+        }
+        return ImmutableList.of();
+    }
+
 }