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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.config.Config;
+import org.onosproject.net.region.RegionId;
+import org.onosproject.ui.model.topo.UiTopoLayoutId;
+
+import static org.onosproject.net.region.RegionId.regionId;
+
+/**
+ * Basic configuration for UI topology layouts.
+ */
+public class BasicUiTopoLayoutConfig extends Config<UiTopoLayoutId> {
+
+    private static final String REGION = "region";
+    private static final String PARENT = "parent";
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid() {
+        return hasOnlyFields(REGION, PARENT);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the identifier of the backing region. This will be
+     * null if there is no backing region.
+     *
+     * @return backing region identity
+     */
+    public RegionId getRegion() {
+        String r = get(REGION, null);
+        return r == null ? null : regionId(r);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the identifier of the parent layout.
+     *
+     * @return layout identifier of parent
+     */
+    public UiTopoLayoutId getParent() {
+        String p = get(PARENT, null);
+        return p == null ? UiTopoLayoutId.DEFAULT_ID : UiTopoLayoutId.layoutId(p);
+    }
+
+    // TODO: implement setters
+}