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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.fpm;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelStateEvent;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.ExceptionEvent;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.MessageEvent;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelHandler;
+import org.onosproject.routing.fpm.protocol.FpmHeader;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Session handler for FPM protocol.
+ */
+public class FpmSessionHandler extends SimpleChannelHandler {
+
+    private static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FpmSessionHandler.class);
+
+    private final FpmListener fpmListener;
+
+    private Channel channel;
+
+    /**
+     * Class constructor.
+     *
+     * @param fpmListener listener for FPM messages
+     */
+    public FpmSessionHandler(FpmListener fpmListener) {
+        this.fpmListener = checkNotNull(fpmListener);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void messageReceived(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, MessageEvent e)
+            throws Exception {
+        FpmHeader fpmMessage = (FpmHeader) e.getMessage();
+        fpmListener.fpmMessage(fpmMessage);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ExceptionEvent e)
+            throws Exception {
+        log.error("Exception thrown while handling FPM message", e.getCause());
+        if (channel != null) {
+            channel.close();
+        }
+        handleDisconnect();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void channelOpen(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ChannelStateEvent e)
+            throws Exception {
+        if (!fpmListener.peerConnected(ctx.getChannel().getRemoteAddress())) {
+            log.error("Received new FPM connection while already connected");
+            ctx.getChannel().close();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        channel = ctx.getChannel();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void channelConnected(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ChannelStateEvent e)
+            throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void channelDisconnected(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ChannelStateEvent e)
+            throws Exception {
+        handleDisconnect();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void channelClosed(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ChannelStateEvent e)
+            throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    private void handleDisconnect() {
+        fpmListener.peerDisconnected(channel.getRemoteAddress());
+        channel = null;
+    }
+}