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+/*
+ * Copyright 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.impl;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
+
+/**
+ * The McastRouteGroup extends the McastRouteBase class and serves two purposes:
+ * first it represents a (*, G) multicast route entry.  Second it serves
+ * as a container for all (S, G) multicast route entries that belong
+ * to the same group address.
+ */
+public class McastRouteGroup extends McastRouteBase {
+    private HashMap<IpPrefix, McastRouteSource> sources;
+
+    /**
+     * Class constructor.
+     *
+     * @param gaddr - String representation of group address.
+     */
+    public McastRouteGroup(String gaddr) {
+        super(checkNotNull(gaddr));
+        this.init();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a multicast group.
+     *
+     * @param gpfx - Group address
+     */
+    public McastRouteGroup(IpPrefix gpfx) {
+        super(checkNotNull(gpfx));
+        this.init();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Common initialization used by constructors.
+     */
+    private void init() {
+        this.sources = new HashMap();
+        super.isGroup = true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find a specific multicast source address for this group.
+     *
+     * @param saddr the source address
+     * @return the multicast source route or null if it does not exist
+     */
+    public McastRouteSource findSource(IpPrefix saddr) {
+        return this.sources.get(checkNotNull(saddr));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the entire set of multicast sources for this group.
+     *
+     * @return the set of multicast sources
+     */
+    public HashMap<IpPrefix, McastRouteSource> getSources() {
+        return this.sources;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a new McastRouteSource to this group.
+     *
+     * @param src the multicast source
+     */
+    public void addSource(McastRouteSource src) {
+        checkNotNull(src);
+        this.sources.put(src.getSaddr(), src);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove the source with this specific IpPrefix from this group entry.
+     *
+     * @param spfx IP Prefix of the source to be removed
+     * @return the source route that was just removed
+     */
+    public McastRouteSource removeSource(IpPrefix spfx) {
+        McastRouteSource src = this.sources.remove(spfx);
+        src.withdrawIntent();
+        return src;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove all sources from this.
+     */
+    public void removeSources() {
+        for (McastRouteSource src : this.sources.values()) {
+            src.withdrawIntent();
+            this.sources.remove(src.getSaddr());
+        }
+    }
+
+}