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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.controller.sal.utils;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.ConstructionException;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Node;
+import org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core.Node.NodeIDType;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for creating a Node object
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ */
+public abstract class NodeCreator {
+ public static Node createOFNode(Long switchId) {
+ try {
+ return new Node(NodeIDType.OPENFLOW, switchId);
+ } catch (ConstructionException e1) {
+ e1.printStackTrace();
+ return null;
+ }
+ }
+}