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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015-2016 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 org.onosproject.net.resource;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Represents allocation of resource which is identified by the specifier.
+ */
+@Beta
+public class ResourceAllocation {
+
+    private final Resource resource;
+    private final ResourceConsumer consumer;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an instance with the specified subject, resource and consumer.
+     *
+     * @param resource resource of the subject
+     * @param consumer consumer of this resource
+     */
+    public ResourceAllocation(Resource resource, ResourceConsumer consumer) {
+        this.resource = checkNotNull(resource);
+        this.consumer = consumer;
+    }
+
+    // for serialization
+    private ResourceAllocation() {
+        this.resource = null;
+        this.consumer = null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the specifier of the resource this allocation uses.
+     *
+     * @return the specifier of the resource this allocation uses
+     */
+    public Resource resource() {
+        return resource;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the consumer of this resource.
+     *
+     * @return the consumer of this resource
+     */
+    public ResourceConsumer consumer() {
+        return consumer;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(resource, consumer);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!(obj instanceof ResourceAllocation)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        final ResourceAllocation that = (ResourceAllocation) obj;
+        return Objects.equals(this.resource, that.resource)
+                && Objects.equals(this.consumer, that.consumer);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(this)
+                .add("resource", resource)
+                .add("consumer", consumer)
+                .toString();
+    }
+}