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+#set( $symbol_pound = '#' )
+#set( $symbol_dollar = '$' )
+#set( $symbol_escape = '\' )
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014,2015 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
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package ${package};
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import org.onosproject.ui.RequestHandler;
+import org.onosproject.ui.UiMessageHandler;
+import org.onosproject.ui.table.TableModel;
+import org.onosproject.ui.table.TableRequestHandler;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.lang.Override;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Skeletal ONOS UI message handler.
+ * <p>
+ * This example specifically supporting a "table" view.
+ */
+public class AppUiMessageHandler extends UiMessageHandler {
+
+    private static final String SAMPLE_DATA_REQ = "sampleDataRequest";
+    private static final String SAMPLE_DATA_RESP = "sampleDataResponse";
+    private static final String SAMPLES = "samples";
+
+    private static final String SAMPLE_DETAIL_REQ = "sampleDetailsRequest";
+    private static final String SAMPLE_DETAIL_RESP = "sampleDetailsResponse";
+    private static final String DETAILS = "details";
+
+    private static final String ID = "id";
+    private static final String LABEL = "label";
+    private static final String CODE = "code";
+    private static final String COMMENT = "comment";
+    private static final String RESULT = "result";
+
+    private static final String[] COLUMN_IDS = { ID, LABEL, CODE };
+
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+
+    @Override
+    protected Collection<RequestHandler> createRequestHandlers() {
+        return ImmutableSet.of(
+                new SampleDataRequestHandler(),
+                new SampleDetailRequestHandler()
+        );
+    }
+
+    // handler for sample table requests
+    private final class SampleDataRequestHandler extends TableRequestHandler {
+
+        private SampleDataRequestHandler() {
+            super(SAMPLE_DATA_REQ, SAMPLE_DATA_RESP, SAMPLES);
+        }
+
+        // if necessary, override defaultColumnId() -- if it isn't "id"
+
+        @Override
+        protected String[] getColumnIds() {
+            return COLUMN_IDS;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void populateTable(TableModel tm, ObjectNode payload) {
+            // === set custom column cell formatters/comparators if need be...
+            // tm.setFormatter(CODE, new CodeFormatter());
+            // tm.setComparator(CODE, new CodeComparator());
+
+            // === retrieve table row items from some service...
+            // SomeService ss = get(SomeService.class);
+            // List<Item> items = ss.getItems()
+
+            // fake data for demonstration purposes...
+            List<Item> items = getItems();
+            for (Item item: items) {
+                populateRow(tm.addRow(), item);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void populateRow(TableModel.Row row, Item item) {
+            row.cell(ID, item.id())
+                    .cell(LABEL, item.label())
+                    .cell(CODE, item.code());
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    // handler for sample item details requests
+    private final class SampleDetailRequestHandler extends RequestHandler {
+
+        private SampleDetailRequestHandler() {
+            super(SAMPLE_DETAIL_REQ);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void process(long sid, ObjectNode payload) {
+            String id = string(payload, ID, "(none)");
+
+            // SomeService ss = get(SomeService.class);
+            // Item item = ss.getItemDetails(id)
+
+            // fake data for demonstration purposes...
+            Item item = getItem(id);
+
+            ObjectNode rootNode = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+            ObjectNode data = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+            rootNode.set(DETAILS, data);
+
+            if (item == null) {
+                rootNode.put(RESULT, "Item with id '" + id + "' not found");
+                log.warn("attempted to get item detail for id '{}'", id);
+
+            } else {
+                rootNode.put(RESULT, "Found item with id '" + id + "'");
+
+                data.put(ID, item.id());
+                data.put(LABEL, item.label());
+                data.put(CODE, item.code());
+                data.put(COMMENT, "Some arbitrary comment");
+            }
+
+            sendMessage(SAMPLE_DETAIL_RESP, 0, rootNode);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    // ===================================================================
+    // NOTE: The code below this line is to create fake data for this
+    //       sample code. Normally you would use existing services to
+    //       provide real data.
+
+    // Lookup a single item.
+    private static Item getItem(String id) {
+        // We realize this code is really inefficient, but
+        // it suffices for our purposes of demonstration...
+        for (Item item : getItems()) {
+            if (item.id().equals(id)) {
+                return item;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    // Produce a list of items.
+    private static List<Item> getItems() {
+        List<Item> items = new ArrayList<>();
+        items.add(new Item("item-1", "foo", 42));
+        items.add(new Item("item-2", "bar", 99));
+        items.add(new Item("item-3", "baz", 65));
+        return items;
+    }
+
+    // Simple model class to provide sample data
+    private static class Item {
+        private final String id;
+        private final String label;
+        private final int code;
+
+        Item(String id, String label, int code) {
+            this.id = id;
+            this.label = label;
+            this.code = code;
+        }
+
+        String id() { return id; }
+        String label() { return label; }
+        int code() { return code; }
+    }
+}
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