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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Inocybe Technologies 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.cluster.messaging;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * Serializable message that stores a byte[].
+ *
+ * @author Thomas Pantelis
+ */
+public class BytesMessage implements Serializable {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+ private final byte[] bytes;
+
+ public BytesMessage(byte[] bytes) {
+ this.bytes = Arrays.copyOf(bytes, bytes.length);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public int hashCode() {
+ return Arrays.hashCode(bytes);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+ if (this == obj) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (obj == null) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ BytesMessage other = (BytesMessage) obj;
+ return Arrays.equals(bytes, other.bytes);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public String toString() {
+ return "BytesMessage [bytes=" + Arrays.toString(bytes) + "]";
+ }
+}