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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.olt;
+
+/**
+ * Class representing the identifier for a subscriber.
+ * It encapsulates the name of the logical port for the subscriber in
+ * ONOS.
+ * For e.g. if in ONOS you see
+ * onos> ports
+ * id=of:00000000c0a83264, available=true, local-status=connected 3m48s ago, role=MASTER, mfr=VOLTHA Projectd,...
+ *   port=32, state=enabled, type=fiber, speed=0 , adminState=enabled, portMac=08:00:00:00:00:20, portName=TWSH80808082
+ *
+ * the subscriber id would encapsulate the string "TWSH80808082"
+ */
+public class AccessSubscriberId {
+    // string representing the identifier
+    String id;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an AccessSubscriberId with the passed id.
+     *
+     * @param id identifier of the subscriber
+     */
+    public AccessSubscriberId(String id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    /*
+    * (non-Javadoc)
+    *
+    * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
+    */
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        final int prime = 31;
+        int result = 1;
+        result = prime * result + (this.id == null ? 0 : this.id.hashCode());
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * (non-Javadoc)
+     *
+     * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (obj == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (this.getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final AccessSubscriberId other = (AccessSubscriberId) obj;
+        if (this.id == null) {
+            if (other.id != null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else if (!this.id.equals(other.id)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /*
+    * (non-Javadoc)
+    *
+    * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
+    */
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return id;
+    }
+}