Move ID byte[] generation code to Event object

Change-Id: Iaf8812d8fa8d99f085dd4d4217a8ab6454608c2a
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/networkgraph/PortEvent.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/networkgraph/PortEvent.java
index addd695..e4caee5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/networkgraph/PortEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/ofcontroller/networkgraph/PortEvent.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package net.onrc.onos.ofcontroller.networkgraph;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
 /**
  * Self-contained Port event Object
  *
@@ -52,4 +54,17 @@
 	return "[PortEvent 0x" + Long.toHexString(id.dpid) + "@" + id.number + "]";
     }
 
+    public static final int PORTID_BYTES = SwitchEvent.SWITCHID_BYTES + 2 + 8;
+
+    public static byte[] getPortID(Long dpid, Long number) {
+	if (dpid == null) {
+	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("dpid cannot be null");
+	}
+	if (number == null) {
+	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("number cannot be null");
+	}
+	return ByteBuffer.allocate(PortEvent.PORTID_BYTES).putChar('S').putLong(dpid)
+		.putChar('P').putLong(number).array();
+    }
+
 }