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+/*
+ * 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 org.onosproject.mfwd.cli;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+
+import org.onosproject.mfwd.impl.McastRouteBase;
+import org.onosproject.mfwd.impl.McastRouteTable;
+
+/**
+ * Installs a source, multicast group flow.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "mcast-join",
+         description = "Installs a source, multicast group flow")
+public class McastJoinCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "sAddr",
+              description = "IP Address of the multicast source. '*' can be used for any source (*, G) entry",
+              required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String sAddr = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 1, name = "gAddr",
+              description = "IP Address of the multicast group",
+              required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String gAddr = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 2, name = "ingressPort",
+            description = "Ingress port and Egress ports",
+            required = false, multiValued = false)
+    String ingressPort = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 3, name = "ports",
+              description = "Ingress port and Egress ports",
+              required = false, multiValued = true)
+    String[] ports = null;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        McastRouteTable mrib = McastRouteTable.getInstance();
+        IpPrefix mcast = IpPrefix.valueOf("224.0.0.0/4");
+        IpPrefix saddr = IpPrefix.valueOf(sAddr);
+        if (mcast.contains(saddr)) {
+            print("Error: the source address " + sAddr + " must be an IPv4 unicast address");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        IpPrefix gaddr = IpPrefix.valueOf(gAddr);
+        if (!mcast.contains(gaddr)) {
+            print("Error: " + gAddr + " must be a multicast group address");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        McastRouteBase mr = mrib.addRoute(sAddr, gAddr);
+        if (mr == null) {
+            print("Error: unable to save the multicast state");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Port format "of:0000000000000023/4"
+        if (ingressPort != null) {
+            String inCP = ingressPort;
+            log.debug("Ingress port provided: " + inCP);
+            String [] cp = inCP.split("/");
+            mr.addIngressPoint(cp[0], Long.parseLong(cp[1]));
+        } else {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (ports == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < ports.length; i++) {
+            String egCP = ports[i];
+            log.debug("Egress port provided: " + egCP);
+            String [] cp = egCP.split("/");
+            mr.addEgressPoint(cp[0], Long.parseLong(cp[1]));
+        }
+        print("Added the mcast route");
+    }
+}