Added application ID store; both trivial and distributed variants.
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/core/impl/CoreManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/core/impl/CoreManager.java
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+package org.onlab.onos.core.impl;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
+import org.onlab.onos.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onlab.onos.core.ApplicationIdStore;
+import org.onlab.onos.core.CoreService;
+import org.onlab.onos.core.Version;
+import org.onlab.util.Tools;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Core service implementation.
+ */
+@Component
+@Service
+public class CoreManager implements CoreService {
+
+    private static final File VERSION_FILE = new File("../VERSION");
+    private static Version version = Version.version("1.0.0-SNAPSHOT");
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected ApplicationIdStore applicationIdStore;
+
+    @Activate
+    public void activate() {
+        List<String> versionLines = Tools.slurp(VERSION_FILE);
+        if (versionLines != null && !versionLines.isEmpty()) {
+            version = Version.version(versionLines.get(0));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Version version() {
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<ApplicationId> getAppIds() {
+        return applicationIdStore.getAppIds();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ApplicationId getAppId(Short id) {
+        return applicationIdStore.getAppId(id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ApplicationId registerApplication(String name) {
+        checkNotNull(name, "Application ID cannot be null");
+        return applicationIdStore.registerApplication(name);
+    }
+
+}