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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package common
+
+import "flag"
+
+type BBSimCliOptions struct {
+	OltID        int
+	NumNniPerOlt int
+	NumPonPerOlt int
+	NumOnuPerPon int
+	STag         int
+	CTagInit     int
+	ProfileCpu   *string
+	LogLevel     string
+	LogCaller    bool
+}
+
+type BBRCliOptions struct {
+	*BBSimCliOptions
+	BBSimIp      string
+	BBSimPort    string
+	BBSimApiPort string
+}
+
+func GetBBSimOpts() *BBSimCliOptions {
+
+	olt_id := flag.Int("olt_id", 0, "Number of OLT devices to be emulated")
+	nni := flag.Int("nni", 1, "Number of NNI ports per OLT device to be emulated")
+	pon := flag.Int("pon", 1, "Number of PON ports per OLT device to be emulated")
+	onu := flag.Int("onu", 1, "Number of ONU devices per PON port to be emulated")
+
+	s_tag := flag.Int("s_tag", 900, "S-Tag value")
+	c_tag_init := flag.Int("c_tag", 900, "C-Tag starting value, each ONU will get a sequential one (targeting 1024 ONUs per BBSim instance the range is big enough)")
+
+	profileCpu := flag.String("cpuprofile", "", "write cpu profile to file")
+
+	logLevel := flag.String("logLevel", "debug", "Set the log level (trace, debug, info, warn, error)")
+	logCaller := flag.Bool("logCaller", false, "Whether to print the caller filename or not")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	o := new(BBSimCliOptions)
+
+	o.OltID = int(*olt_id)
+	o.NumNniPerOlt = int(*nni)
+	o.NumPonPerOlt = int(*pon)
+	o.NumOnuPerPon = int(*onu)
+	o.STag = int(*s_tag)
+	o.CTagInit = int(*c_tag_init)
+	o.ProfileCpu = profileCpu
+	o.LogLevel = *logLevel
+	o.LogCaller = *logCaller
+
+	return o
+}
+
+func GetBBROpts() BBRCliOptions {
+
+	bbsimIp := flag.String("bbsimIp", "127.0.0.1", "BBSim IP")
+	bbsimPort := flag.String("bbsimPort", "50060", "BBSim Port")
+	bbsimApiPort := flag.String("bbsimApiPort", "50070", "BBSim API Port")
+
+	options := GetBBSimOpts()
+
+	bbrOptions := BBRCliOptions{
+		options,
+		*bbsimIp,
+		*bbsimPort,
+		*bbsimApiPort,
+	}
+
+	return bbrOptions
+}