+
+ private void ensureParentsByMerge(final LogicalDatastoreType store,
+ final YangInstanceIdentifier normalizedPath, final DOMDataReadWriteTransaction rwTx, final SchemaContext schemaContext) {
+ final List<PathArgument> normalizedPathWithoutChildArgs = new ArrayList<>();
+ YangInstanceIdentifier rootNormalizedPath = null;
+
+ final Iterator<PathArgument> it = normalizedPath.getPathArguments().iterator();
+
+ while(it.hasNext()) {
+ final PathArgument pathArgument = it.next();
+ if(rootNormalizedPath == null) {
+ rootNormalizedPath = YangInstanceIdentifier.create(pathArgument);
+ }
+
+ // Skip last element, its not a parent
+ if(it.hasNext()) {
+ normalizedPathWithoutChildArgs.add(pathArgument);
+ }
+ }
+
+ // No parent structure involved, no need to ensure parents
+ if(normalizedPathWithoutChildArgs.isEmpty()) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ Preconditions.checkArgument(rootNormalizedPath != null, "Empty path received");
+
+ final NormalizedNode<?, ?> parentStructure =
+ ImmutableNodes.fromInstanceId(schemaContext, YangInstanceIdentifier.create(normalizedPathWithoutChildArgs));
+ rwTx.merge(store, rootNormalizedPath, parentStructure);
+ }