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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
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file Path.java
+ *
+ * @brief Describe a path as a sequence of Edge such that from
+ * each of its Tail Node there is an link to the next Head Node in the sequence
+ *
+ */
+package org.opendaylight.controller.sal.core;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+
+/**
+ * Describe a path as a sequence of Edge such that from
+ * each of its Tail Node there is an link to the next Head Node in the
+ * sequence
+ *
+ */
+@XmlRootElement
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)
+public class Path implements Serializable {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+ @XmlElement
+ private List<Edge> edges;
+
+ /**
+ * Private constructor used for JAXB mapping
+ */
+ private Path() {
+ this.edges = null;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Construct an object representing a path, the constructor will
+ * check if the passed list of edges is such that for every
+ * consecutive edges the tailnode of the first edge coincide with
+ * the head node of the subsequent in order for connectivity to be there.
+ *
+ * @param edges Edges of the path
+ *
+ */
+ public Path(List<Edge> edges) throws ConstructionException {
+ // Lets check if the list of edges is such that the tail node
+ // of an edge is also the head node of the subsequent one
+ boolean sequential = true;
+ if (edges.size() >= 2) {
+ for (int i = 0; i < edges.size() - 1; i++) {
+ Edge current = edges.get(i);
+ Edge next = edges.get(i + 1);
+ if (!current.getHeadNodeConnector().getNode()
+ .equals(
+ next.getTailNodeConnector()
+ .getNode())) {
+ sequential = false;
+ }
+ }
+ } else if (edges.size() == 0) {
+ throw new ConstructionException("Path is empty");
+ }
+
+ if (!sequential) {
+ throw new ConstructionException("Path is not sequential");
+ }
+
+ this.edges = edges;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Copy Construct for a path
+ *
+ * @param src Path to copy from
+ *
+ */
+ public Path(Path src) throws ConstructionException {
+ if (src != null) {
+ this.edges = new LinkedList<Edge>(src.getEdges());
+ } else {
+ throw new ConstructionException("src supplied was null");
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * get the First Node of the path
+ *
+ *
+ * @return The start Node of the Path
+ */
+ public Node getStartNode() {
+ return this.edges.get(0).getTailNodeConnector().getNode();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * get the Last Node of the path
+ *
+ *
+ * @return The last Node of the Path
+ */
+ public Node getEndNode() {
+ return this.edges.get(this.edges.size() - 1).getHeadNodeConnector()
+ .getNode();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * getter method for the Path
+ *
+ *
+ * @return Return the list of edges that constitue the Path
+ */
+ public List<Edge> getEdges() {
+ return this.edges;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public int hashCode() {
+ return HashCodeBuilder.reflectionHashCode(this);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+ return EqualsBuilder.reflectionEquals(this, obj);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public String toString() {
+ StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+ sb.append("[");
+ for (int i = 0; i < this.edges.size(); i++) {
+ if (i != 0) {
+ // add the comma to the previous element
+ sb.append(",");
+ }
+ sb.append(this.edges.get(i).toString());
+ }
+ sb.append("]");
+ return sb.toString();
+ }
+}