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+package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.util;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
+
+/**
+ * The class representing the Flow Path flags.
+ */
+public class FlowPathFlags {
+    private long flags;
+
+    // Discard the first-hop Flow Entry
+    private final long DISCARD_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY		= (1 << 0);
+
+    // Keep only the first-hop Flow Entry
+    private final long KEEP_ONLY_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY	= (1 << 1);
+
+    /**
+     * Default constructor.
+     */
+    public FlowPathFlags() {
+	this.flags = 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for given flags.
+     *
+     * @param flags the flags value to set.
+     */
+    public FlowPathFlags(long flags) {
+	this.flags = flags;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for given flags as a string.
+     *
+     * The string value should contain the name of each flags to set. E.g.:
+     *  "DISCARD_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY,KEEP_ONLY_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY"
+     * @param flagsStr the string value of the flags to set.
+     */
+    public FlowPathFlags(String flagsStr) {
+	this.setFlagsStr(flagsStr);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the flags.
+     *
+     * @return the flags.
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("flags")
+    public long flags() { return flags; }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the flags.
+     *
+     * @param flags the flags value to set.
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("flags")
+    public void setFlags(long flags) {
+	this.flags = flags;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the flags as a string.
+     *
+     * The string value should contain the name of each flags to set. E.g.:
+     *  "DISCARD_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY,KEEP_ONLY_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY"
+     * @param flagsStr the string value of the flags to set.
+     */
+    @JsonProperty("flagsStr")
+    public void setFlagsStr(String flagsStr) {
+	this.flags = 0L;
+
+	// Test all flags
+	if (flagsStr.contains("DISCARD_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY"))
+	    this.flags |= DISCARD_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY;
+	if (flagsStr.contains("KEEP_ONLY_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY"))
+	    this.flags |= KEEP_ONLY_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test whether the DISCARD_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY flag is set.
+     *
+     * @return true if the DISCARD_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY flag is set,
+     * otherwise false.
+     */
+    public boolean isDiscardFirstHopEntry() {
+	return ((flags & DISCARD_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY) != 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test whether the KEEP_ONLY_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY flag is set.
+     *
+     * @return true if the KEEP_ONLY_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY flag is set,
+     * otherwise false.
+     */
+    public boolean isKeepOnlyFirstHopEntry() {
+	return ((flags & KEEP_ONLY_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY) != 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert the Flow Path Flags to a string.
+     *
+     * The string has the following form:
+     *  [flags=DISCARD_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY,KEEP_ONLY_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY]
+     *
+     * @return the Flow Path flags as a string.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+	String flagsStr = null;
+	String ret = "[flags=";
+
+	// Test all flags
+	if ((this.flags & DISCARD_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY) != 0) {
+	    if (flagsStr != null)
+		flagsStr += ",";
+	    flagsStr += "DISCARD_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY";
+	}
+	if ((this.flags & KEEP_ONLY_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY) != 0) {
+	    if (flagsStr != null)
+		flagsStr += ",";
+	    flagsStr += "KEEP_ONLY_FIRST_HOP_ENTRY";
+	}
+	ret += "]";
+
+	return ret;
+    }
+}