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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.l3vpn.netl3vpn;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the route protocol of BGP info.
+ */
+public enum RouteProtocol {
+
+    /**
+     * Requested route protocol type is of BGP.
+     */
+    BGP("bgp"),
+
+    /**
+     * Requested route protocol type is of direct.
+     */
+    DIRECT("direct"),
+
+    /**
+     * Requested route protocol type is of OSPF.
+     */
+    OSPF("ospf"),
+
+    /**
+     * Requested route protocol type is of RIP.
+     */
+    RIP("rip"),
+
+    /**
+     * Requested route protocol type is of RIPNG.
+     */
+    RIP_NG("ripng"),
+
+    /**
+     * Requested route protocol type is of VRRP.
+     */
+    VRRP("vrrp"),
+
+    /**
+     * Requested route protocol type is of static.
+     */
+    STATIC("yangautoprefixstatic");
+
+    /**
+     * Defined protocol type from the enum value.
+     */
+    private final String proType;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs protocol type value from enum.
+     *
+     * @param proType value of enum
+     */
+    RouteProtocol(String proType) {
+        this.proType = proType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns route protocol for corresponding protocol name.
+     *
+     * @param name protocol name
+     * @return route protocol
+     */
+    static RouteProtocol getProType(String name) {
+        for (RouteProtocol protocol : values()) {
+            if (protocol.proType.equals(name.toLowerCase())) {
+                return protocol;
+            }
+        }
+        throw new NetL3VpnException("There is no protocol type as " + name);
+    }
+
+}