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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.incubator.net.virtual.event;
+
+import org.onosproject.event.Event;
+import org.onosproject.event.EventDeliveryService;
+import org.onosproject.event.EventListener;
+import org.onosproject.event.ListenerService;
+import org.onosproject.incubator.net.virtual.NetworkId;
+
+/**
+ * Basis for virtual event components which need to export listener mechanism.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractVirtualListenerManager
+        <E extends Event, L extends EventListener<E>>
+    implements ListenerService<E, L> {
+
+    protected final NetworkId networkId;
+
+    protected EventDeliveryService eventDispatcher;
+
+    VirtualListenerRegistryManager listenerManager =
+            VirtualListenerRegistryManager.getInstance();
+
+    public AbstractVirtualListenerManager(NetworkId networkId) {
+        this.networkId = networkId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addListener(L listener) {
+        listenerManager.getRegistry(networkId, getEventClass())
+                .addListener(listener);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeListener(L listener) {
+        listenerManager.getRegistry(networkId, getEventClass())
+                .removeListener(listener);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Safely posts the specified event to the local event dispatcher.
+     * If there is no event dispatcher or if the event is null, this method
+     * is a noop.
+     *
+     * @param event event to be posted; may be null
+     */
+    protected void post(E event) {
+        if (event != null && eventDispatcher != null) {
+            VirtualEvent<E> vEvent =
+                    new VirtualEvent<E>(networkId, VirtualEvent.Type.POSTED, event);
+            eventDispatcher.post(vEvent);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the class type of parameter type.
+     * More specifically, it returns the class type of event class.
+     *
+     * @return the class type of provider service of the service
+     */
+    private Class getEventClass() {
+        String className = this.getClass().getGenericSuperclass().toString();
+        String pramType = className.split("<")[1].split(",")[0];
+
+        try {
+            return Class.forName(pramType);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}