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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 org.opencord.kafka.integrations;
+
+import org.onosproject.event.EventListener;
+import org.onosproject.event.ListenerService;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract implementation of a service-specific Kafka integration which provide
+ * convenience methods to dynamically bind/unbind event listener services.
+ */
+class AbstractKafkaIntegration {
+
+    Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    // OSGi demands dynamic @Reference to use volatile fields. We use a second
+    // field to store the actual service implementation reference and use that
+    // in the bind/unbind methods. We make sure to add listeners only if one was
+    // not already added.
+
+    <S extends ListenerService<?, L>, L extends EventListener<?>> void bindAndAddListener(
+            S incomingService, AtomicReference<S> serviceRef, L listener) {
+        if (incomingService == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (serviceRef.compareAndSet(null, incomingService)) {
+            log.info("Adding listener on {}", incomingService.getClass().getSimpleName());
+            incomingService.addListener(listener);
+        } else {
+            log.warn("Trying to bind AccessDeviceService but it is already bound");
+        }
+    }
+
+    <S extends ListenerService<?, L>, L extends EventListener<?>> void unbindAndRemoveListener(
+            S outgoingService, AtomicReference<S> serviceRef, L listener) {
+        if (outgoingService != null &&
+                serviceRef.compareAndSet(outgoingService, null)) {
+            log.info("Removing listener on {}", outgoingService.getClass().getSimpleName());
+            outgoingService.removeListener(listener);
+        }
+        // Else, ignore. This is not the instance currently bound, or the
+        // outgoing service is null.
+    }
+}