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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present Ciena Corporation
+ *
+ * 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 model
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v5/go/voltha"
+)
+
+type AdapterInstance struct {
+	Id                string    `json:"id"`
+	Vendor            string    `json:"vendor"`
+	Type              string    `json:"type"`
+	Version           string    `json:"version"`
+	Endpoint          string    `json:"endpoint"`
+	CurrentReplica    int32     `json:"currentreplica"`
+	TotalReplicas     int32     `json:"totalreplicas"`
+	LastCommunication time.Time `json:"lastcommunication"`
+}
+
+func (a *AdapterInstance) PopulateFrom(val *voltha.Adapter) {
+	a.Id = val.Id
+	a.Vendor = val.Vendor
+	a.Type = val.Type
+	a.Version = val.Version
+	a.Endpoint = val.Endpoint
+	a.CurrentReplica = val.CurrentReplica
+	a.TotalReplicas = val.TotalReplicas
+	a.LastCommunication = time.Unix(val.LastCommunication, 0)
+}