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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.routing;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onlab.packet.MacAddress;
+
+import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a next hop for routing, whose MAC address has already been resolved.
+ */
+public class NextHop {
+
+    private final IpAddress ip;
+    private final MacAddress mac;
+    private final NextHopGroupKey group;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new next hop.
+     *
+     * @param ip next hop's IP address
+     * @param mac next hop's MAC address
+     * @param group next hop's group
+     */
+    public NextHop(IpAddress ip, MacAddress mac, NextHopGroupKey group) {
+        this.ip = ip;
+        this.mac = mac;
+        this.group = group;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the next hop's IP address.
+     *
+     * @return next hop's IP address
+     */
+    public IpAddress ip() {
+        return ip;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the next hop's MAC address.
+     *
+     * @return next hop's MAC address
+     */
+    public MacAddress mac() {
+        return mac;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the next hop group.
+     *
+     * @return group
+     */
+    public NextHopGroupKey group() {
+        return group;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (!(o instanceof NextHop)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        NextHop that = (NextHop) o;
+
+        return Objects.equals(this.ip, that.ip) &&
+                Objects.equals(this.mac, that.mac) &&
+                Objects.equals(this.group, that.group);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(ip, mac, group);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(getClass())
+                .add("ip", ip)
+                .add("mac", mac)
+                .add("group", group)
+                .toString();
+    }
+}