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+/*
+ * Copyright 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.cli.net;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.net.region.Region;
+import org.onosproject.net.region.RegionService;
+import org.onosproject.ui.UiTopoLayoutService;
+import org.onosproject.ui.model.topo.UiTopoLayout;
+import org.onosproject.ui.model.topo.UiTopoLayoutId;
+
+import static org.onosproject.net.region.RegionId.regionId;
+import static org.onosproject.ui.model.topo.UiTopoLayoutId.layoutId;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new UI layout.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "layout-add",
+        description = "Creates a new UI layout")
+public class LayoutAddCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    private static final String FMT = "id=%s, name=%s, type=%s";
+    private static final String FMT_MASTER = "  master=%s";
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "id", description = "Layout ID",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String id = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 1, name = "id", description = "Region ID (optional)",
+            required = false, multiValued = false)
+    String regionId = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 2, name = "id", description = "Parent layout ID (optional)",
+            required = false, multiValued = false)
+    String parentId = null;
+
+    private RegionService regionService;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        UiTopoLayoutService service = get(UiTopoLayoutService.class);
+        RegionService regionService = get(RegionService.class);
+
+        Region region = regionId == null ? null : regionService.getRegion(regionId(regionId));
+        UiTopoLayoutId pid = parentId == null ? UiTopoLayoutId.DEFAULT_ID : layoutId(parentId);
+
+        UiTopoLayout layout = new UiTopoLayout(layoutId(id), region, pid);
+        service.addLayout(layout);
+    }
+}