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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * This class defines the cli command for the PatchPanel class. It creates
+ * an instance of the PatchPanelService class to call it's method addPatch().
+ * The command takes 2 parameters, 2 connectPoints.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.patchpanel.cli;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.patchpanel.impl.PatchPanelService;
+
+//name of command and description
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "patch",
+         description = "Gets the 2 ports of one ConnectPoint that will be patched")
+
+public class PatchPanelCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+    //the 2 arguments, both connect points
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "switch/portNumber", description = "ConnectPoint and first port number",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String port1 = null;
+    @Argument (index = 1, name = "switch/portNumber2", description = "ConnectPoint and second port number",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String port2 = null;
+
+    private ConnectPoint cp1, cp2;
+    private PatchPanelService patchPanelService;
+    private DeviceId deviceId, deviceId2;
+
+    /**
+     * This method creates an instance of the Service class and then uses the user
+     * input to call the addPatch method in PatchPanel. It also
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the 2 connectpoints are of different devices
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        patchPanelService = get(PatchPanelService.class);
+        boolean done = false;
+        cp1 = ConnectPoint.deviceConnectPoint(port1);
+        cp2 = ConnectPoint.deviceConnectPoint(port2);
+        deviceId = cp1.deviceId();
+        deviceId2 = cp2.deviceId();
+        if (!(deviceId.equals(deviceId2))) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("ERROR: Two Different Device Id's");
+        } else {
+            done = patchPanelService.addPatch(cp1, cp2);
+        }
+        if (done) {
+            log.info("This patch has been created");
+        } else {
+            log.info("This patch was NOT created");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}