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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+package org.opendaylight.protocol.bgp.parser.impl.message.update;
+
+import org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.ietf.params.xml.ns.yang.ietf.inet.types.rev100924.AsNumber;
+import org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.opendaylight.params.xml.ns.yang.bgp.message.rev130918.path.attributes.CommunitiesBuilder;
+import org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.opendaylight.params.xml.ns.yang.bgp.types.rev130919.Community;
+
+/**
+ * Object representation of a RFC1997 Community tag. Communities are a way for the advertising entity to attach semantic
+ * meaning/policy to advertised objects.
+ */
+public final class CommunityUtil {
+ /**
+ * NO_EXPORT community. All routes received carrying a communities attribute containing this value MUST NOT be
+ * advertised outside a BGP confederation boundary (a stand-alone autonomous system that is not part of a
+ * confederation should be considered a confederation itself).
+ */
+ public static final Community NO_EXPORT = CommunityUtil.create(0xFFFF, 0xFF01);
+ /**
+ * NO_ADVERTISE community. All routes received carrying a communities attribute containing this value MUST NOT be
+ * advertised to other BGP peers.
+ */
+ public static final Community NO_ADVERTISE = CommunityUtil.create(0xFFFF, 0xFF02);
+ /**
+ * NO_EXPORT_SUBCONFED community. All routes received carrying a communities attribute containing this value MUST
+ * NOT be advertised to external BGP peers (this includes peers in other members autonomous systems inside a BGP
+ * confederation).
+ */
+ public static final Community NO_EXPORT_SUBCONFED = CommunityUtil.create(0xFFFF, 0xFF03);
+
+ private CommunityUtil() {
+
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a new Community given AS number value and semantics using generated CommunitiesBuilder.
+ *
+ * @param asn long
+ * @param semantics long
+ * @return new Community
+ */
+ public static Community create(final long asn, final int semantics) {
+ final CommunitiesBuilder builder = new CommunitiesBuilder();
+ builder.setAsNumber(new AsNumber(asn));
+ builder.setSemantics(semantics);
+ return builder.build();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a Community from its String representation.
+ *
+ * @param string String representation of a community
+ * @return new Community
+ */
+ public static Community valueOf(final String string) {
+ final String[] parts = string.split(":", 2);
+ final CommunitiesBuilder builder = new CommunitiesBuilder();
+ builder.setAsNumber(new AsNumber(Long.valueOf(parts[0])));
+ builder.setSemantics(Integer.valueOf(parts[1]));
+ return builder.build();
+ }
+}