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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.
+ */
+// gRPC affinity router with active/active backends
+
+package afrouter
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"errors"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+)
+
+const (
+    RT_RPC_AFFINITY_MESSAGE = iota+1
+    RT_RPC_AFFINITY_HEADER = iota+1
+    RT_BINDING = iota+1
+	RT_ROUND_ROBIN = iota+1
+)
+
+// String names for display in error messages.
+var rTypeNames = []string{"","rpc_affinity_message","rpc_affinity_header","binding", "round_robin"}
+var rAssnNames = []string{"","round_robin"}
+
+var allRouters map[string]Router = make(map[string]Router)
+
+// The router interface
+type Router interface {
+	Name() (string)
+	Route(interface{}) *backend
+	Service() (string)
+	BackendCluster(string, string) (*backendCluster, error)
+	FindBackendCluster(string) (*backendCluster)
+	ReplyHandler(interface{}) error
+	GetMetaKeyVal(serverStream grpc.ServerStream) (string,string,error)
+}
+
+func NewRouter(config *RouterConfig) (Router, error) {
+	r,err := newMethodRouter(config)
+	if  err == nil {
+		allRouters[r.Name()] = r
+	}
+	return r, err
+}
+
+func newRouter(rconf *RouterConfig, config *RouteConfig) (Router, error) {
+	idx := strIndex(rTypeNames, config.Type)
+	//for idx := range(rTypeNames) {
+		//if config.Type == rTypeNames[idx] {
+			switch idx {
+			case RT_RPC_AFFINITY_MESSAGE:
+				r,err := NewAffinityRouter(rconf, config)
+				if err == nil {
+					allRouters[rconf.Name+config.Name] = r
+				}
+				return r, err
+			case RT_BINDING:
+				r,err := NewBindingRouter(rconf, config)
+				if err == nil {
+					allRouters[rconf.Name+config.Name] = r
+				}
+				return r, err
+			case RT_ROUND_ROBIN:
+				r,err := NewRoundRobinRouter(rconf, config)
+				if err == nil {
+					allRouters[rconf.Name+config.Name] = r
+				}
+				return r, err
+			default:
+				return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Internal error, undefined router type: %s", config.Type))
+			}
+
+		//}
+	//}
+	return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Unrecognized router type '%s'",config.Type))
+}