diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkStorageImpl.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkStorageImpl.java
index 766eae7..8187c06 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkStorageImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkStorageImpl.java
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanException;
+import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.Direction;
+import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.Edge;
+import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.Vertex;
+import com.tinkerpop.gremlin.java.GremlinPipeline;
+import com.tinkerpop.pipes.PipeFunction;
+import com.tinkerpop.pipes.transform.PathPipe;
 
 public class LinkStorageImpl implements ILinkStorage {
 	
@@ -139,6 +145,7 @@
 	@Override
 	public void deleteLink(Link lt) {
 		IPortObject vportSrc = null, vportDst = null;
+		int count = 0;
 		
 		log.debug("deleteLink(): {}", lt);
 		
@@ -295,6 +302,33 @@
 		return links;
 	}
 	
+	// FIXME Scope changed to public to allow access from TopoLinkServiceImpl. Move class definition to appropriate place.
+	static public class ExtractLink implements PipeFunction<PathPipe<Vertex>, Link> {
+	
+		@Override
+		public Link compute(PathPipe<Vertex> pipe ) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+			long s_dpid = 0;
+			long d_dpid = 0;
+			short s_port = 0;
+			short d_port = 0;
+			List<Vertex> V = new ArrayList<Vertex>();
+			V = pipe.next();
+			Vertex src_sw = V.get(0);
+			Vertex dest_sw = V.get(3);
+			Vertex src_port = V.get(1);
+			Vertex dest_port = V.get(2);
+			s_dpid = HexString.toLong((String) src_sw.getProperty("dpid"));
+			d_dpid = HexString.toLong((String) dest_sw.getProperty("dpid"));
+			s_port = (Short) src_port.getProperty("number");
+			d_port = (Short) dest_port.getProperty("number");
+			
+			Link l = new Link(s_dpid,s_port,d_dpid,d_port);
+			
+			return l;
+		}
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Finalize the object.
 	 */