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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.odtn.utils.tapi;
+
+import org.onosproject.yang.gen.v1.tapicommon.rev20180307.tapicommon.Uuid;
+import org.onosproject.yang.model.ModelObject;
+import org.onosproject.yang.model.ModelObjectId;
+import org.onosproject.yang.model.RpcInput;
+
+/**
+ * Utility abstract class to deal with TAPI RPC input with DCS.
+ *
+ * @param <T> RPCInput modelObject to be dealt with
+ */
+public abstract class TapiRpcInputHandler<T extends ModelObject> extends TapiObjectHandler<T> {
+
+    // Uuid getter is not needed for RPC input
+    @Override
+    protected Uuid getIdDetail() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    // Uuid getter is not needed for RPC input
+    @Override
+    protected void setIdDetail(Uuid uuid) {
+    }
+
+    // Root modelObjectId must be used
+    @Override
+    public ModelObjectId getParentModelObjectId() {
+        return ModelObjectId.builder().build();
+    }
+
+    // Cannot set InputRpc modelObject into DCS
+    @Override
+    public final void add() {
+    }
+
+    // Cannot remove InputRpc modelObject into DCS
+    @Override
+    public final void remove() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set RPCInput modelObject.
+     *
+     * @param input Tapi RpcInput modelObject
+     */
+    public void setRpcInput(RpcInput input) {
+        obj = toModelObject(input.data(), input.id());
+    }
+}