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+package net.floodlightcontroller.linkdiscovery.internal;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.thinkaurelius.titan.core.TitanGraph;
+import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.TransactionalGraph.Conclusion;
+import com.tinkerpop.blueprints.Vertex;
+
+/**
+ * Seam that allows me to set up a testable instance of LinkStorageImpl that 
+ * writes to a file database rather than a Cassandra cluster. Currently 
+ * LinkStorageImpl is hardcoded to connect to a Cassandra cluster in its init 
+ * method.
+ * 
+ * @author jono
+ *
+ */
+
+public class TestableLinkStorageImpl extends LinkStorageImpl {
+
+	public TestableLinkStorageImpl(TitanGraph graph){
+		this.graph = graph;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void init(String conf){
+        Set<String> s = graph.getIndexedKeys(Vertex.class);
+        if (!s.contains("dpid")) {
+           graph.createKeyIndex("dpid", Vertex.class);
+           graph.stopTransaction(Conclusion.SUCCESS);
+        }
+        if (!s.contains("type")) {
+        	graph.createKeyIndex("type", Vertex.class);
+        	graph.stopTransaction(Conclusion.SUCCESS);
+        }
+		
+	}
+}