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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
+ */
+package org.onosproject.vpls.cli;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/**
+ * Enum representing the VPLS command type.
+ */
+public enum VplsCommandEnum {
+    ADD_IFACE("add-if"),
+    CLEAN("clean"),
+    CREATE("create"),
+    DELETE("delete"),
+    LIST("list"),
+    REMOVE_IFACE("rem-if"),
+    SET_ENCAP("set-encap"),
+    SHOW("show");
+
+    private final String command;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates the enum from a string representing the command.
+     *
+     * @param command the text representing the command
+     */
+    private VplsCommandEnum(final String command) {
+        this.command = command;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return command;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of command string values.
+     *
+     * @return the list of string values corresponding to the enums
+     */
+    public static List<String> toStringList() {
+        return Arrays.stream(values())
+                .map(c -> c.toString())
+                .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Alternative method to valueOf. It returns the command type
+     * corresponding to the given string. If the parameter does not match a
+     * constant name, or is null, null is returned.
+     *
+     * @param command the string representing the encapsulation type
+     * @return the EncapsulationType constant corresponding to the string given
+     */
+    public static VplsCommandEnum enumFromString(String command) {
+        if (command != null && !command.isEmpty()) {
+            for (VplsCommandEnum c : values()) {
+                if (command.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(c.toString())) {
+                    return c;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}