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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-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.net.config.basics;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.Config;
+import org.onosproject.net.region.Region;
+import org.onosproject.net.region.RegionId;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Basic configuration for network regions.
+ */
+public final class BasicRegionConfig extends Config<RegionId> {
+
+    private static final String TYPE = "type";
+    private static final String DEVICES = "devices";
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid() {
+        return hasOnlyFields(TYPE, DEVICES);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the region type.
+     *
+     * @return the region type
+     */
+    public Region.Type getType() {
+        String t = get(TYPE, null);
+        return t == null ? null : regionTypeFor(t);
+    }
+
+    private Region.Type regionTypeFor(String t) {
+        try {
+            return Region.Type.valueOf(t.toUpperCase());
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ignored) {
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the identities of the devices in this region.
+     *
+     * @return list of device identifiers
+     */
+    public List<DeviceId> getDevices() {
+        return getList(DEVICES, DeviceId::deviceId);
+    }
+
+    // TODO: implement setters
+}