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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.pcepio.protocol.ver1;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.exceptions.PcepParseException;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.protocol.PcepFactories;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.protocol.PcepMessage;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.protocol.PcepMessageReader;
+import org.onosproject.pcepio.types.PcepErrorDetailInfo;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public abstract class PcepMessageVer1 {
+
+    protected static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PcepFactories.class);
+
+    // version: 1.0
+    static final byte WIRE_VERSION = 1;
+    static final int MINIMUM_LENGTH = 4;
+    static final int PACKET_VERSION = 1;
+    static final byte OPEN_MSG_TYPE = 0x1;
+    static final byte KEEPALIVE_MSG_TYPE = 0x2;
+    static final byte REPORT_MSG_TYPE = 0xa;
+    static final byte TE_REPORT_MSG_TYPE = 0xe;
+    static final byte UPDATE_MSG_TYPE = 0xb;
+    static final byte INITIATE_MSG_TYPE = 0xc;
+    static final byte CLOSE_MSG_TYPE = 0x7;
+    static final byte ERROR_MSG_TYPE = 0x6;
+    static final byte LABEL_UPDATE_MSG_TYPE = 0xD;
+    public static final int SHIFT_FLAG = 5;
+    static final int MINIMUM_COMMON_HEADER_LENGTH = 4;
+
+    public static final PcepMessageVer1.Reader READER = new Reader();
+
+    static class Reader implements PcepMessageReader<PcepMessage> {
+        @Override
+        public PcepMessage readFrom(ChannelBuffer cb) throws PcepParseException {
+
+            if (cb.readableBytes() < MINIMUM_LENGTH) {
+                throw new PcepParseException("Packet should have minimum length: " + MINIMUM_LENGTH);
+            }
+
+            try {
+                int start = cb.readerIndex();
+                // fixed value property version == 1
+                byte version = cb.readByte();
+                version = (byte) (version >> PcepMessageVer1.SHIFT_FLAG);
+                if (version != (byte) PACKET_VERSION) {
+                    throw new PcepParseException("Wrong version. Expected=PcepVersion.Message_1(1), got=" + version);
+                }
+
+                byte type = cb.readByte();
+                short length = cb.readShort();
+                cb.readerIndex(start);
+
+                switch (type) {
+
+                case OPEN_MSG_TYPE:
+                    log.debug("OPEN MESSAGE is received");
+                    // message type value 1 means it is open message
+                    // return
+                    // TODO: Read open message from channel buffer.
+                case KEEPALIVE_MSG_TYPE:
+                    log.debug("KEEPALIVE MESSAGE is received");
+                    // message type value 2 means it is Keepalive message
+                    return PcepKeepaliveMsgVer1.READER.readFrom(cb.readBytes(length));
+                case ERROR_MSG_TYPE:
+                    log.debug("ERROR MESSAGE is received");
+                    // message type value 6 means it is error message
+                    // return
+                    // TODO: Read Error message from channel buffer.
+                case REPORT_MSG_TYPE:
+                    log.debug("REPORT MESSAGE is received");
+                    // message type value 10 means it is Report message
+                    // return
+                    // TODO: Read Report message from channel buffer.
+                case UPDATE_MSG_TYPE:
+                    log.debug("UPDATE MESSAGE is received");
+                    //message type value 11 means it is Update message
+                    return PcepUpdateMsgVer1.READER.readFrom(cb.readBytes(length));
+                case INITIATE_MSG_TYPE:
+                    log.debug("INITIATE MESSAGE is received");
+                    //message type value 12 means it is PcInitiate message
+                    return PcepInitiateMsgVer1.READER.readFrom(cb.readBytes(length));
+                case CLOSE_MSG_TYPE:
+                    log.debug("CLOSE MESSAGE is received");
+                    // message type value 7 means it is Close message
+                    return PcepCloseMsgVer1.READER.readFrom(cb.readBytes(length));
+                case TE_REPORT_MSG_TYPE:
+                    log.debug("TE REPORT MESSAGE is received");
+                    // message type value 14 means it is TE REPORT message
+                    // return
+                    // TODO: Read TE Report message from channel buffer.
+                case LABEL_UPDATE_MSG_TYPE:
+                    log.debug("LABEL UPDATE MESSAGE is received");
+                    // message type value 13 means it is LABEL UPDATE message
+                    // return
+                    // TODO: Read Label update message from channel buffer.
+                default:
+                    throw new PcepParseException("ERROR: UNKNOWN MESSAGE is received. Msg Type: " + type);
+                }
+            } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+                throw new PcepParseException(PcepErrorDetailInfo.ERROR_TYPE_1, PcepErrorDetailInfo.ERROR_VALUE_1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}