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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.match.extensible;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the generic matching field object
+ */
+@XmlRootElement
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)
+public abstract class MatchField<T> implements Cloneable, Serializable {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+ private String type;
+
+ // To satisfy JAXB
+ @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+ private MatchField() {
+ }
+
+ public MatchField(String type) {
+ this.type = type;
+ }
+
+ @XmlElement(name = "type")
+ public String getType() {
+ return type;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the value set for this match field
+ *
+ * @return
+ */
+ public abstract T getValue();
+
+ @XmlElement(name = "value")
+ protected abstract String getValueString();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the mask value set for this field match A null mask means this is
+ * a full match
+ *
+ * @return
+ */
+ public abstract T getMask();
+
+ @XmlElement(name = "mask")
+ protected abstract String getMaskString();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns whether the field match configuration is valid or not
+ *
+ * @return true if valid, false otherwise
+ */
+ public abstract boolean isValid();
+
+ public abstract boolean hasReverse();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the reverse match field. For example for a MatchField matching on
+ * source ip 1.1.1.1 it will return a MatchField matching on destination IP
+ * 1.1.1.1. For not reversable MatchField, a copy of this MatchField will be
+ * returned
+ *
+ * @return the correspondent reverse MatchField object or a copy of this
+ * object if the field is not reversable
+ */
+ public abstract MatchField<T> getReverse();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns whether the match field is congruent with IPv6 frames
+ *
+ * @return true if congruent with IPv6 frames
+ */
+ public abstract boolean isV6();
+
+ @Override
+ public abstract MatchField<T> clone();
+
+ @Override
+ public int hashCode() {
+ final int prime = 31;
+ int result = 1;
+ result = prime * result + ((type == null) ? 0 : type.hashCode());
+ return result;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+ if (this == obj) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ if (obj == null) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (!(obj instanceof MatchField)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ MatchField<?> other = (MatchField<?>) obj;
+ if (type == null) {
+ if (other.type != null) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ } else if (!type.equals(other.type)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public String toString() {
+ return (getMask() == null) ? String.format("%s(%s)", getType(), getValueString()) :
+ String.format("%s(%s,%s)", getType(), getValueString(), getMaskString());
+ }
+
+}