initial code for the mac-learning app

Change-Id: I04f3b17c453e502f20477e83cb7cdc796b4160ae
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.maclearner.api;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringBuilder;
+import org.onosproject.event.AbstractEvent;
+
+/**
+ * Entity that represents Mac Learner events.
+ */
+public class MacLearnerEvent extends AbstractEvent<MacLearnerEvent.Type, MacLearner> {
+
+    public enum Type {
+
+        /**
+         * New entry added to MacLearnerMap.
+         */
+        ADDED,
+        /**
+         * An entry removed from MacLearnerMap.
+         */
+        REMOVED,
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an event due to mac learner map update.
+     * @param type type of event
+     * @param macLearner mac learner object
+     */
+    public MacLearnerEvent(MacLearnerEvent.Type type, MacLearner macLearner) {
+        super(type, macLearner);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return new ToStringBuilder(this)
+                .append(super.toString())
+                .toString();
+    }
+
+}