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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.odtn.utils.tapi;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import static org.onosproject.odtn.utils.tapi.TapiGlobalClassUtil.setNameList;
+import static org.onosproject.odtn.utils.tapi.TapiGlobalClassUtil.setUuid;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.yang.gen.v1.tapicommon.rev20180307.tapicommon.DefaultContext;
+import org.onosproject.yang.gen.v1.tapicommon.rev20180307.tapicommon.Uuid;
+import org.onosproject.yang.gen.v1.tapitopology.rev20180307.tapitopology.node.OwnedNodeEdgePoint;
+import org.onosproject.yang.gen.v1.tapitopology.rev20180307.tapitopology.topology.DefaultNode;
+import org.onosproject.yang.gen.v1.tapitopology.rev20180307.tapitopology.topologycontext.DefaultTopology;
+import org.onosproject.yang.gen.v1.tapitopology.rev20180307.tapitopology.topologycontext.TopologyKeys;
+import org.onosproject.yang.model.ModelObject;
+import org.onosproject.yang.model.ModelObjectData;
+import org.onosproject.yang.model.ModelObjectId;
+
+/**
+ * Utility builder class for TAPI node creation with DCS.
+ */
+public final class TapiNodeBuilder extends TapiInstanceBuilder {
+
+    private Uuid topologyUuid;
+    private DefaultNode node = new DefaultNode();
+    private Map<String, String> kvs = new HashMap<>();
+
+    private TapiNodeBuilder() {
+        setUuid(node);
+    }
+
+    public static TapiNodeBuilder builder() {
+        return new TapiNodeBuilder();
+    }
+
+    public TapiNodeBuilder setTopologyUuid(Uuid topologyUuid) {
+        this.topologyUuid = topologyUuid;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public TapiNodeBuilder setNep(OwnedNodeEdgePoint nep) {
+        node.addToOwnedNodeEdgePoint(nep);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public TapiNodeBuilder setDeviceId(DeviceId deviceId) {
+        kvs.put(DEVICE_ID, deviceId.toString());
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ModelObject getModelObject() {
+        return node;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Uuid getUuid() {
+        return node.uuid();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ModelObjectData build() {
+        setNameList(node, kvs);
+
+        TopologyKeys topologyKey = new TopologyKeys();
+        topologyKey.uuid(topologyUuid);
+        ModelObjectId objId = ModelObjectId.builder()
+                .addChild(DefaultContext.class)
+                .addChild(DefaultTopology.class, topologyKey)
+                .build();
+        return getModelObjectData(node, objId);
+    }
+
+}